{"title":"The abdomen","authors":"James Thomas, T. Monaghan, P. Thiagarajan","doi":"10.1093/med/9780199593972.003.0007_update_001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"IntroductionHistorySwallowing symptomsNausea and vomitingAbdominal painBowel habitGeneralized abdominal swellingJaundice and pruritusAppetite and weightLower urinary tract symptomsThe rest of the historyExaminationOutline examinationInspection: handsInspection: upper limbsInspection: faceInspection: neck and chestInspection: abdomenStomasAbdominal scars 1: open surgeryAbdominal scars 2: laparoscopicPalpation: generalPalpation: aortaPalpation: liver and gallbladderPalpation: spleenPalpation: kidneys and bladderPalpation: herniaePercussionAuscultation‘Per rectum’ examinationImportant presentationsThe elderly patient","PeriodicalId":19711,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Medicine Online","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"34","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Medicine Online","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199593972.003.0007_update_001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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IntroductionHistorySwallowing symptomsNausea and vomitingAbdominal painBowel habitGeneralized abdominal swellingJaundice and pruritusAppetite and weightLower urinary tract symptomsThe rest of the historyExaminationOutline examinationInspection: handsInspection: upper limbsInspection: faceInspection: neck and chestInspection: abdomenStomasAbdominal scars 1: open surgeryAbdominal scars 2: laparoscopicPalpation: generalPalpation: aortaPalpation: liver and gallbladderPalpation: spleenPalpation: kidneys and bladderPalpation: herniaePercussionAuscultation‘Per rectum’ examinationImportant presentationsThe elderly patient