I thought about that - Leslie

Posted: Apr 27th, 2017 - 5:24 pm In Reply to: how about positive bowel sounds since you might hear positive - nm

But I searched online and couldn't find the string "abdomen positive bowel sounds" If that string is right, it could be it. Thanks.

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Abdominal Exam - Leslie (Views: 888, 2017-04-27, 4:00 pm)
- I usually hear something like: Obese, soft, nontender, nondistended? - sm (Views: 846, 2017-04-27, 4:14 pm)
  - Thanks, but that's not it. - Leslie (Views: 545, 2017-04-27, 4:31 pm)
    - perhaps you should send to your QA and ask - nm (Views: 494, 2017-04-27, 4:42 pm)
      - And by the way oftentimes we hear things that are not really what is - being said, nm (Views: 465, 2017-04-27, 4:43 pm)
        I have asked - Leslie (Views: 523, 2017-04-27, 4:55 pm)
        I agree, doesn't sound right to me either - sm (Views: 486, 2017-04-27, 4:59 pm)
        What was the purpose in asking, if you're just going to keep typing it - the same way? sm (Views: 501, 2017-04-27, 5:09 pm)
- palpation ? - nm (Views: 516, 2017-04-27, 4:28 pm)
- how about positive bowel sounds since you might hear positive - nm (Views: 549, 2017-04-27, 5:02 pm)
  - I thought about that - Leslie
    - My PE usually consists of: Abdomen: Positive bowel sounds. - sm (Views: 677, 2017-04-27, 5:30 pm)
      - I do not usually run together the word abdomen and positive bowel sounds - The abdomen is the header under the PE (Views: 474, 2017-04-27, 5:31 pm)
    - A lot of times I hear positive bowel sounds in all four quadrants - nm (Views: 568, 2017-04-27, 5:34 pm)
- here is a web site with samples - sm (Views: 498, 2017-04-27, 5:42 pm)
  - Thank you all for the help - Leslie (Views: 554, 2017-04-27, 6:03 pm)
    - You're welcome. All the above posts are from me except the one about palpation - nm (Views: 438, 2017-04-27, 6:40 pm)
- Pulse...sm - PT (Views: 479, 2017-04-27, 8:34 pm)
  - True, but seems more likely positive bowel sounds - nm (Views: 552, 2017-04-28, 7:46 am)