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Nurs 5220 Exam 2/50 Questionswith Solutions
Aaron sign - -Pain or distress occurs in the area of the patient's heart or
stomach on palpation of McBurney's point
Appendicitis
-Ballance sign - -Fixed dullness to percussion in left flank, and dullness in
right flank that disappears on change of position
Peritonitis
-Blumberg sign - -rebound tenderness
peritonitis, appendicitis
-Cullen sign - -bruising around umbilicus
pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy
-Dance sign - -absence of bowel sounds in RLQ
intussusception
-Grey Turner sign - -Ecchymosis of flanks
Hemoperitoneum; pancreatitis
-Kehr sign - -abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder
spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi
-Markle sign (heel jar) - -abdominal pain when running, jumping, RLQ pain
when pt drops from tip toes to heel with jarring landing
appendicitis, peritonitis
-McBurney's sign - -rebound tenderness associated with appendicitis (RLQ)
-Murphy's sign - -Abrupt cessation of inspiration with palpation of gall
bladder cholecystitis
-Romberg test - -Ask client to stand with feet at comfortable distance apart,
arms at sides, and eyes closed
-expected finding: client should be able to stand with minimal swaying for at
least 5 seconds
-strangulated obturator hernia
-Rovsing's sign - -Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ indicative of
appendicitis
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