Your patient returns to the office with multiple complaints regarding her abdomen. Which of the following are objective findings? (Select all that apply.)
a. Nausea
b. dullness on percussion
c. rebound tenderness
d. Vomiting
e. Diarrhea
f. burning pain in epigastrium
B, C, E, F
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and burning pain in epigastrium are subjective signs. Dullness on percussion and rebound tenderness are objective findings.
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