Dr. Charles Goldberg @DrGoldberg · 6 years ago
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Ascites with Shifting Dullness: Ascitic fluid will flow to the most dependent portions of the abdomen.
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Ascites with Shifting Dullness: Ascitic fluid will flow to the most dependent portions of the abdomen. 
The air-filled intestines will float on top of this liquid. The technique of shifting dullness makes use of 
this relationship in order to detect the presence of ascitic fluid.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images

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Dr. Charles Goldberg @DrGoldberg · 6 years ago
Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego - Division of Hospital Medicine, - Images shared with permission from the UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images - https://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalimg/
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