کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3247476 1589161 2012 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Charles McBurney: McBurney's Point
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب اورژانس
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Charles McBurney: McBurney's Point
چکیده انگلیسی

Charles McBurney published a treatise on appendicitis in 1891, in which he described the exact point on the abdomen at which tenderness was maximal in cases of acute appendicitis—the point now known as “McBurney’s point.” He also described his approach to both the diagnosis and management of appendicitis, which at the time consisted of careful observation, total disuse of the stomach, and early laparotomy. Since 1891, many advances in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis have been made. Emergency physicians evaluating patients with abdominal pain may rely on laboratory studies, particularly the white blood cell count, and abdominal imaging with either ultrasound or computed tomography in addition to the history and physical examination. Despite these advances, tenderness to palpation over McBurney’s point remains a key finding on abdominal examination in the assessment of patients with abdominal pain.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 42, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 578–581
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