palpation

How To Use palpation In A Sentence

• Stenosis in the artery causes a swishing sound, which is heard as a bruit on auscultation and also may be felt as a thrill or slight vibration in the vessel on palpation.
• The average size of tumors detected by palpation is about 45 billion cells and about an inch and a quarter in diameter; these tumors have doubled an additional eight or nine times. Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer
• Free comminution and absolute solution of continuity were also less common than in the fractures accompanying transverse wounds; hence pain from rubbing of the fragments on inspiratory movement or palpation was more common, and crepitus, either on auscultation or palpation, was more often met with. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
• The physical examination reveals the patient is in minimal distress with right lower quadrant pain and rebound tenderness and guarding on palpation.
• Incision and drainage (I & D) should be performed once the abscess is "ripe" i.e. fluctuant upon gentle palpation. Chapter 15
• Deep palpation of the right upper abdominal quadrant caused mild discomfort and pain.
• In palpation you can discover the size and shape of normally palpable organs, find normally impalpable organs, discover palpable masses that are not normally present, and detect the location and degree of tenderness.
• This equals a median reduction of 52 percent in the length of the spleen below the ribcage, measured by palpation, which is how spleen size is typically measured in clinical practice. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
• A complete palpation of the entire chest cage, including the clavicle, ribs, and sternum.
• Systematic firm palpation of the costal margin in recommended in all patients presenting with pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen.