palpation
Last reviewed 01/2018
Palpation of the abdomen should always ensure the feeling of areas that might otherwise be forgotten:
- feel the supraclavicular fossa for lymph nodes
- feel the hernial orifices at rest and when the patient coughs: external inguinal ring, femoral canal and umbilicus
- feel for femoral pulses
- examine the external genitalia
general light palpation for tenderness
general deep palpation for tenderness
palpation of the normal solid viscera (liver,spleen,kidneys)