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Blumberg's sign (also referred to as rebound tenderness or Shchetkin–Blumberg's sign) is a clinical sign in which there is pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as abdominal tenderness.) It is indicative of peritonitis.
Rovsing's sign, named after the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927), [1] is a sign of appendicitis. If palpation of the left lower quadrant of a person's abdomen increases the pain felt in the right lower quadrant, the patient is said to have a positive Rovsing's sign and may have appendicitis.
Rovsing's sign: Niels Thorkild Rovsing: general surgery: appendicitis: Rovsing's sign at Whonamedit? palpation of LLQ elicits pain in RLQ Rumpel–Leede sign: Theodor Rumpel, Carl Stockbridge Leede: haematology: capillary fragility: Rumpel-Leede test at Whonamedit? petechiae seen after compression by tourniquet Russell's sign: Gerald Russell ...
A physical examination that is positive for abdominal pain categorized as McBurney's point tenderness, Blumberg's sign, Rovsing's sign, Dunphy's sign and psoas sign, could all indicate acute appendicitis and lead to misdiagnosis. [citation needed] However, these physical examination findings are also present in Valentino's Syndrome.
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An abdominal examination is a portion of the physical examination which a physician or nurse uses to clinically observe the abdomen of a patient for signs of disease. The abdominal examination is conventionally split into four different stages: first, inspection of the patient and the visible characteristics of their abdomen.
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