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| Sudden release of deep abdominal pressure causes severe pain = generalized peritonitis |
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| Patient closes eyes prior to abdominal area being palpated = very small chance of serious intra-abdominal pathology |
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| Left shoulder pain and abdominal pain = splenic rupture |
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| Abrupt cessation of inspiration with hand in the right upper quadrant = cholecystitis |
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| Tenderness on percussion of the costovertebral angle = pyelonephritis |
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| Right iliac fossa pain on internal rotation of the right hip = appendicitis |
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| Elevation of the scrotum reduces the scrotal pain = epididymo-orchitis |
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| Right iliac fossa pain on hyperextension of the right hip = appendicitis |
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| Patient in on hands and knees, listen with the stethoscope near the umbilicus and flick the abdomen at the side and then move the stethoscope while continuing to flick the abdomen, if the sound becomes louder at a particular level then fluid is present in the abdomen=ascites as may be seen in cirrhosis |
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| Pain on deep palpation over the 12th rib = adrenal inflammation |
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| Right iliac fossa pain on pressure in the left iliac fossa = appendicitis |
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