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 ...

To do this, locate the midline of the patient’s abdomen, just above the umbilical region, then place the index finger of each hand either side of the aorta and perform deep palpation, as shown in Fig ...

Note the location, quality, radiation, severity, and timing of the discomfort: Right upper quadrant discomfort suggests cholecystitis (check the Murphy sign), hepatitis, passive congestion, or ...