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Shifting Dullness to Percussion on Physical Exam to Detect Ascites

Dr. André Martin Mansoor @AndreMansoor

#Shifting #Dullness #Percussion
Shifting Dullness ... Exam to Detect Ascites ... AndreMansoor #Shifting ... #PhysicalExam #Ascites
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

Sensitivity and Specificity: Shifting Dullness, Bulging Flanks. Fluid Wave 

Source: Joseph D.
Ascites: Physical ... and Specificity: Shifting ... #PhysicalExam #Ascites
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... of patients w/ ascites ... edema (LR 0.17), shifting ... ) - fluid wave/shifting ... Uncomplicated ascites
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... according to the serum ascites ... SAAG ≥ 1.1: - Ascitic ... metastases - Ascitic ... Tuberculosis #SAAG #ascites
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple) ascites ... on Abdominal POCUS ... very subtle intra-ascitic ... 869585940200796160 #Ascites ... #Complex #POCUS
Infant in the "Sniffing" Position
1) Glabella —Chin Plane
2) Neck - WIDE AND OPEN
3) Extemal Auditory Meatus
Infant in the "Sniffing ... Infant #Airway #Sniffing
Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
Ascites, pericardial ... subcostal 4-chamber POCUS ... Answer: Ascites, ... effusion #s4c #POCUS ... echocardiogram #POCUS
Shifting Dullness to Detect Ascites on Physical Exam
1) Perform with the patient supine.
2) Percuss across the
Shifting Dullness ... to Detect Ascites ... Positive test: When ascites ... #Ascites #Shifting
Ascites with Shifting Dullness: Ascitic fluid will flow to the most dependent portions of the abdomen.
Ascites with Shifting ... Dullness: Ascitic ... The technique of shifting ... the presence of ascitic ... Clinical #Photo #Ascites
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
with exudative ascites ... Low ascitic fluid ... for exudative ascites ... patients with ascites ... #exudative #ascites