When percussing over the client's liver area, the nurse hears a low-pitched, thudlike sound. What is this normal finding called?
a. ascites c. flatness
b. dullness d. tympany
B
Percussion, the use of short, tapping strokes on the skin surface to create vibrations in underlying organs, is a way to assess density of structures or to determine organ location and size. Different sounds are produced by percussion of different organs. Percussion of the liver would produce a low-pitched, thudlike sound that represents dullness.
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