The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Abdominal Bruits
Jeffrey M. Turnbull
Abdominal Bruits: Introduction
Topics Discussed:
abdominal bruit, hypertension
Excerpt:
"Toward the end of an unusually busy clinic, a clinical clerk
greets the final patient of the day, a man with a recently documented
increase of blood pressure. With all the enthusiasm that remains after
4 years of medical training, she compulsively listens for abdominal
bruits. Almost surprised, she hears a soft systolic-diastolic epigastric
bruit and is faced with the inevitable question: so what? ..."
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