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Have the patient relax and breathe out.  Put your right hand below the right costal margin.  While maintaining pressure, have the patient [[Inspire|breathe in]].  '''Murphy’s sign''' is positive if anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/physical-exam-tips-abdomen/ Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen]</ref>
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Have the patient relax and breathe out.  Put your right hand below the right costal margin.  While maintaining pressure, have the patient [[Inspire|breathe in]].  '''Murphy’s sign''' is positive if anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/physical-exam-tips-abdomen/ Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen (Gomerblog)]</ref>
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'''More on the Physical Exam'''
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- [[Beer Belly]]
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- [[Caput Medusae]]
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- [[Liver Pain]]
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- [[Lumbar Triangle]]
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- [[McBurney's Point]]
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- [[Puddle Sign]]
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- [[Traube's Space]]
  
  

Latest revision as of 18:58, 12 July 2017

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Have the patient relax and breathe out. Put your right hand below the right costal margin. While maintaining pressure, have the patient breathe in. Murphy’s sign is positive if anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.[1]


More on the Physical Exam


- Beer Belly

- Caput Medusae

- Liver Pain

- Lumbar Triangle

- McBurney's Point

- Puddle Sign

- Traube's Space


References


  1. Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen (Gomerblog)


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