BATES — 4.12 ABDOMEN

BATES' GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HISTORY TAKING 1. APPROACH TO THE PATIENT 1.1 APPROACH TO PATIENT 1.2 THE SUCCESSFUL CLINICIAN 1.3 PREPARING FOR THE HISTORY TAKING, INTERVIEW AND EXAMINATION 1.4 HEALT HISTORY TAKING INTERVIEW 1.5 THE EXAMINATION 2. CADIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 2.1 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 2.2 HEALTH HISTORY TAKING 2.3 ANATOMY REVIEW NECK 2.4 ESTIMATING JVP 2.5 ASSESSING THE CAROTID PULSE 2.6 ANATOMY REVIEW HEART 2.7 INSPECTION AND PALPATION OF THE HEART 2.8 HEART SOUNDS 2.9 AUSCULTATION OF HEART SOUNDS 2.10 ATTRIBUTES AND GRADING OF MURMURS 2.11 AUSCULTATION OF MURMURS 2.12 DESCRIBING YOUR FINDINGS 3. THORAX AND LUNGS 3.1 THORAX AND LUNGS 3.2 HEALTH HISTORY TAKING 3.3 ANATOMY REVIEW THORAX 3.4 ANATOMY REVIEW LUNGS 3.5 SURVEYING THE CHEST AND RESPIRATIONS 3.6 EXAMINING THE POSTERIOR THORAX AND LUNGS 3.7 NORMAL AND ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS 3.8 AUSCULTATION OF THE POSTERIOR THORAX 3.9 EXAMINING THE ANTERIOR THORAX AND LUNGS 3.10 AUSCULTATION OF THE ANTERIOR CHEST 3.11 DESCRIBING YOUR FINDINGS 4. HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT 4.1 HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT 4.2 IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT CONFORT 4.3 GENERAL SURVEY 4.4 VITAL SIGNS 4.5 THE SKIN 4.6 HEENT 4.7 BACK, POSTERIOR THORAX AND LUNGS 4.8 MUSCULOSKELETAL, UPPER EXTREMITIES 4.9 BREASTS 4.10 ANTERIOR THORAX AND LUNGS 4.11 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 4.12 ABDOMEN 4.13 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND NEUROLOGICAL 4.14 GENITAL AND RECTAL 4.15 SUMMARY