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Abdominal Assessment

Abdominal Assessment is a focused component of physical health assessment that systematically applies inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation to the abdomen to evaluate the structure and function of intra-abdominal organs and to identify signs of disease or disorder.

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Waist circumference and abdominal sagittal diameter: Best simple anthropometric indexes of abdominal visceral adipose tissue accumulation and related cardiovascular risk in men and women

Marie‐Christine Pouliot, Jean‐Pierre Després, Simone Lemieux et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1994 · 2.1K citations

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ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 1: Initial diagnosis, monitoring of known IBD, detection of complications

Christian Maaser, Andreas Sturm, Stephan R. Vavricka et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis · 2018 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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A practical score for the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Alfredo Alvarado · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 1986 · 1.5K citations

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Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. I. Definitions

Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Michael L. Cheatham, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 2006 · 1.5K citations

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Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

Crystal Lee, Rachel Huxley, Rachel P. Wildman et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2008 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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    R. Brooke Jeffrey

    Stanford University, United States

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. ME
    Matti Eskelinen

    Kuopio University Hospital, Finland

    8 publications · 277 citations

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  3. JT
    James T. Rhea

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    7 publications · 924 citations

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  4. RA
    Robert A. Novelline

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    7 publications · 924 citations

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    Patrick M. Rao

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    6 publications · 786 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    5.3K citations

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    2.9K citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    580 citations

  8. Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    37 publications

    4.1K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 136 publications · 5.6K citations

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  2. American Journal of Roentgenology

    AJR · 40 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

    AJEM · 32 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. Radiology

    24 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. British journal of surgery

    BJS · 20 publications · 1.3K citations

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