Pulse...sm - PT

Posted: Apr 27th, 2017 - 8:34 pm In Reply to: Abdominal Exam - Leslie

"Abdomen positive pulse" could actually be what the doc is dictating. The aorta distributes oxygenated blood to all parts of the body through the systemic circulation. Most of the time feeling a pulse in your abdomen is normal, particularly if you are a thin person.

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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: 466, 2017-04-27, 4:43 pm)
        I have asked - Leslie (Views: 524, 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 (Views: 747, 2017-04-27, 5:24 pm)
    - 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
  - True, but seems more likely positive bowel sounds - nm (Views: 552, 2017-04-28, 7:46 am)