Dr. John McKaigney

Division of Gastroenterology

University of Alberta

2004

LIVER PALPATION METHODS

THE SCRATCH TEST

SHIFTING DULLNESS

FLUID WAVEFLUID WAVE

THE PUDDLE SIGN

SENSITIVITY OF DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS - ASCITES

CASTELLS’CASTELL’S SIGN

TRAUBE’S SPACE

STANDARD PALPATION METHOD

SPLENIC BALLOTMENT METHOD

HOOKING MANOEUVRE

SENSITIVITY OF SPLEEN EXAM TECHNIQUES

EXPECTEDPORTAL

HYPERTENSIONIVC

OBSTRUCTION

DETERMINATION OF VENOUS FILLING DIRECTION