Percussion of the abdomen begins with establishing:
a. liver dullness.
b. spleen dullness.
c. gastric bubble tympany.
d. overall dullness and tympany in all qua-drants.
D
Percussion begins with a general establishment over all quadrants for areas of dullness and tym-pany and then proceeds to specific target organs.
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