Thorax Tests
| Description: | Thorax Special Tests |
| Category: | Sports Medicine |
| Created by: | tmsavage on 2005-05-31 |
| Stack ID: | 19871 |
| Special Test | Tests for... | Positive (+) Test |
| A/P Compression | rib cage fracture or other injury | pain in the rib cage around the fracture/injury site |
| Lateral Compression | rib cage fracture or other injury | pain in the rib cage and around the fracture/injury site |
| Rebound | abdominal trauma; internal bleeding | pain felt with release (rebound) of pressure |
| Percussion/Auscultation | abdominal trauma; internal bleeding | pain with percussion, abnormal/absence of sounds, rigid abdomen |
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