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Abdominal Examination Checklist

This document provides a checklist for conducting an abdominal examination, including obtaining consent, washing hands, observing the patient's face, neck, chest and abdomen, palpating the abdomen in light and deep motions to check organs and detect masses, percussing the liver, spleen and bladder, auscultating bowel sounds and major blood vessels, and performing additional tests like a digital rectal exam and urine dip depending on the patient's age and sex.

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Abdominal Examination Checklist

This document provides a checklist for conducting an abdominal examination, including obtaining consent, washing hands, observing the patient's face, neck, chest and abdomen, palpating the abdomen in light and deep motions to check organs and detect masses, percussing the liver, spleen and bladder, auscultating bowel sounds and major blood vessels, and performing additional tests like a digital rectal exam and urine dip depending on the patient's age and sex.

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Abdominal Examination Checklist

 Introduce
 Verbal consent
 Wash hands
 Pain?

 Observe from the end of the bed

 Hands Clubbing, leukonychia, koiloychia


Dupuytren’s contracture, palmar erythema, pale creases

 Face Jaundice, anaemia, corneal arcus, Kayser-Fleischer rings,


xanthelasma
Angular stomatitis, aphthous ulcers, thrush, mucous membrane
hydration, tongue – atrophic/white/dry, hepatic foetor

 Neck Virchow’s node

 Chest Gynaecomastia, excoriation marks, distended veins, spider naevi

 Expose Shape, size, skin lesions, scars, stomas, distended veins


Abdomen Lift head - ?hernias

 Palpate Palpate regions light then deep


AAA?
Liver
Spleen
Kidneys
Groins for hernias and lymphadenopathy
External genitalia for torsion and masses

 Percuss Liver, spleen, bladder


Shifting dullness

 Auscultate Liver, aorta, iliacs for bruits


LIF for bowel sounds

 Extras DRE
Urine dip including ßHCG in females of reproductive age
Observaion chart

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