IN an age when ever more refined laboratory tests are the keynote, it may seem anachronistic to describe again a simple method in bedside diagnosis. Since evaluation of splenomegaly still rests for ...

Make sure your hands are warm. Typically, you would use indirect percussion on the abdominal examination. This involves placing your nondominant hand on the skin and tapping the middle finger of this ...

An elderly woman in her 90s was admitted with signs and symptoms suggestive of obstructive ileus: crampy abdominal pain, repeated episodes of vomiting and increased bowel sounds with tympanic sound on ...