The most common cause of acute pancreatitis is:
A. Trauma
B. Hepatitis virus A
C. Hyperlipidemia
D. Alcohol abuse
Question 2A patient is lying supine and the clinician deeply palpates the right upper quadrant of the abdomen while the patient inhales. The examiner is testing the patient for:
A. Psoas sign
B. Obturator sign
C. Rovsing's sign
D. Murphys' sign
Question 3Your patient is lying supine and you ask him to raise his leg while you place resistance against the thigh. The examiner is testing the patient for:
A. Psoas sign
B. Obturator sign
C. Rovsing's sign
D. Murphys' sign
Question 4Your patient has abdominal pain, and it is worsened when the examiner rotates the patient's right hip inward with the knee bent and the obturator internus muscle is stretched. This is a sign of:
A. Diverticulitis
B. Cholecystitis
C. Appendicitis
D. Mesenteric adenitis
Question 5Your patient complains of severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain. To assess the patient for peritoneal inflammation, the examiner should:
A. Percuss the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
B. Deeply palpate the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
C. Auscultate the right lower quadrant for hyperactive bowel sounds
D. Strike the plantar surface of the patient's heel while the patient is supine
Question 6Rebound tenderness of the abdomen is a sign of:
A. Constipation
B. Peritoneal inflammation
C. Elevated venous pressure
D. Peritoneal edema