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What are examples of appropriate history of present illness (HPI) questions you may ask a patient with a chief complaint of an abdominal issue? Describe how you would inspect the abdomen. Why do ... you auscultate the abdomen before you percuss or palpate? Describe how and where you auscultate the abdomen. What are the three additional sounds you assess? What is normal when you auscultate the abdomen? What is abnormal? Describe how you palpate the abdomen. What are you assessing when you perform light, moderate and deep palpation? What are the normal and abnormal findings? What do the abnormal findings indicate as possible differential diagnoses? Describe how and where you percuss the abdomen. What are normal and abnormal findings? What do the findings indicate? How do you palpate for the various abdominal structures? What are the normal and abnormal findings? What do the findings indicate as possible differential diagnoses? How do you assess for ascites? If a patient has ascites, what may that indicate? How do you perform various advanced assessment techniques to assess for abdominal pain? Describe the positive and negative findings. What do the findings indicate as possible differential diagnoses? ......................................CONTINUED,................................................... [Show More]
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