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The '''tripoint''' or '''tripoint exam''' involves auscultating the area just below the xiphoid process with a [[Stethoscope|stethoscope]] in order to simultaneously listen to a patient’s heart, lung, and bowel sounds.  This brilliant and efficient bedside maneuver was invented by surgeons.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/orthopedic-surgeons-auscultation/ Orthopedic Surgeons Find Revolutionary Auscultation Point‏]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/physical-exam-tips-abdomen/ Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen]</ref>
 
The '''tripoint''' or '''tripoint exam''' involves auscultating the area just below the xiphoid process with a [[Stethoscope|stethoscope]] in order to simultaneously listen to a patient’s heart, lung, and bowel sounds.  This brilliant and efficient bedside maneuver was invented by surgeons.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/orthopedic-surgeons-auscultation/ Orthopedic Surgeons Find Revolutionary Auscultation Point‏]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/physical-exam-tips-abdomen/ Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen]</ref>
 
 
'''Related Reading'''
 
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- [http://gomerblog.com/2016/02/physical-exam-tips-the-eye/ The Eye Exam]
 
 
- [http://gomerblog.com/2015/12/heart/ The Heart Exam]
 
 
- [http://gomerblog.com/2016/02/physical-exam-tips-the-lungs/ The Lung Exam]
 
 
- [http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/physical-exam-tips-abdomen/ The Abdominal Exam]
 
 
- [[Physical Exam|The Physical Exam]]
 
  
  

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The tripoint or tripoint exam involves auscultating the area just below the xiphoid process with a stethoscope in order to simultaneously listen to a patient’s heart, lung, and bowel sounds. This brilliant and efficient bedside maneuver was invented by surgeons.[1][2]


References


  1. Orthopedic Surgeons Find Revolutionary Auscultation Point‏
  2. Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen


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