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Percussion And Auscultation. It may be performed with the unaided ear. Auscultation aw skul ta shun listening for sounds produced within the body chiefly to assess the condition of the thoracic or abdominal organs and vessels such as the heart lungs aorta and intestines. Auscultation of the heart can help gather an understanding of cardiac rate and rhythm condition of the valves as well as possible anatomical abnormalities such as congenital defects or an underlying chronic. Inspection palpation percussion and auscultation have been the 4 pillars of clinical bedside medicine.
By dr vidhu mittal junior resident deptt. Auscultation aw skul ta shun listening for sounds produced within the body chiefly to assess the condition of the thoracic or abdominal organs and vessels such as the heart lungs aorta and intestines. However percussion of the heart can be useful in estimating a patient s heart size and or pericardial effusion. Fetal heart tones can also be monitored during pregnancy by auscultation with a specialized stethoscope. Of chest and tb anterior lung surface markings remember. Also what is auscultation and percussion.
Although these basic methods of physical examination have served us well traditional bedside examination for a number of reasons including diminishing interest and expertise performs well less than what is required of a modern diagnostic strategy.
However percussion of the heart can be useful in estimating a patient s heart size and or pericardial effusion. In percussion the doctor taps parts of the patient s body with his or her fingers or with a hammer like instrument called a percussor. The greek physician hippocrates used auscultation from the latin for listen as a diagnostic technique. Moves away from the midline at the 4th cc right. Fetal heart tones can also be monitored during pregnancy by auscultation with a specialized stethoscope. Inspection palpation percussion and auscultation have been the 4 pillars of clinical bedside medicine.