Appendicitis in a Patient with Right Iliac Fossa Pain

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Examining Patients in Pain

Appendicitis in a Patient with Right Iliac Fossa Pain Clinical Assessment and Risk Stratification Examining Patients in Pain

A kinder way to detect signs of localised peritonism can be to:

  • Ask the patient to ‘blow their abdomen out fat’ and then ‘suck it in thin’
  • Ask the patient to cough gently
  • Percuss gently over the RIF to elicit guarding and rigidity
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