MANTRELS - answersmigration of pain, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, tenderness in RLQ, rebound pain, elevation in temp, leukocytosis, shift to the left, aka Alvarado score
Positive McBurney sign - answersRebound tenderness over McBurney's point in the RLQ suggest appendicitis
Iliopsoas Muscle Te...
MANTRELS - answersmigration of pain, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, tenderness in RLQ, rebound pain,
elevation in temp, leukocytosis, shift to the left, aka Alvarado score
Positive McBurney sign - answersRebound tenderness over McBurney's point in the RLQ suggest
appendicitis
Iliopsoas Muscle Test - answersperformed when you suspect appendicitis because and inflamed
appendix may cause irritation to the iliopsoas muscle.
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule - answersa pearl like, enlarged and sometimes painful umbilical nodule
Bruit - answersa harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory sound, which may reflect blood flow
turbulence and indicate vascular disease.
Rigidity - answersis a boardlike hardness of the abdominal wall overlying areas of peritoneal irritation
Acute pain - answersPain of short duration and has sudden onset in association with injury, surgery, or
an acute illness episode. Inflammation helps sustain the pain response.
Chronic pain - answersPain that lasts several months or longer, and is often sustained by a
pathophysiologic process (e.g. joint disease, chronic inflammation, headache, or cancer).
Neuropathic Pain - answerslong-term pain associated with damage or dysfunction of the central or
peripheral nervous system (e.g. amputation, complex regional pain syndrome).
, Scoliometer - answersMeasures degree of rotation of the spine to screen for scoliosis.
Monofilament test - answersUsed to test for loss of protective sensation, most commonly on the plantar
surface of the foot.
Calipers - answersMeasure thickness of sub-q tissue
Dermatoscope - answersSkin surface microscope that uses epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) w/ or
w/o the application of oil on a skin lesion to magnify a lesion for detailed inspection of the surface of
pigmented skin.
Wood's lamp - answersUsed primarily to determine presence of fungi on skin lesions
Goniometer - answersUsed to determine the degree of joint flexion and extension
Transilluminator - answersConsists of a strong light source with a narrow beam that is directed to a
particular body cavity and used to differentiate b/w various media present in cavity.
Neurologic Hammer - answersUsed for testing deep tendon reflexes (similar to percussion hammer)
Percussion (Reflex) Hammer - answersUsed to test deep tendon reflexes.
Tuning Fork - answersUsed to screen for auditory function and for vibratory sensation as part of neuro
exam
Nasal Speculum - answersUse with penlight to visualize the lower and middle turbinates of nose.
Tympanometer - answersAssess the functions of the ossicular chain, Eustachian tube, and the tympanic
membrane, as well as the interrelation of these parts
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