What should the acute abdomen physical exam include?
- Inspection (e.g., surgical scars, distention)
- Auscultation (e.g., bowel sounds, bruits)
- Palpation (e.g., tenderness, R/O hernia, CVAT, rectal, pelvic exam, rebound, voluntary guard, motion tenderness)
- Percussion (e.g., liver size, spleen size)