Percussion

Percussion
Definition
Percussion is a method of "tapping" body parts during a physical examination with fingers, hands, or small instruments. The purpose is to evaluate the size, consistency, borders, and presence or absence of fluid in body organs.
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Percussion over a sinus shows tenderness.
Normal sinuses transilluminate (glow when a light is shone directly on the sinuses), but sinuses do not transilluminate when sinusitis is present.
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Chest percussion: Striking a part of your chest with short, sharp blows.
Postural drainage: Helping you assume a posture that helps drain secretions from the lungs.
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Incontinence: Percussion Douche to spine, Neutral Sitz Bath, 15-30 minutes (p. 209).
Urine too acid: Free use of fruit and water drinking in the forenoon (p 249).
Urinary suppression: Hot Blanket Pack, followed by Dry Sweating Pack (p. 215).
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Dull thuds heard when the chest is tapped (percussion dullness), which indicate that there is fluid in a lung or collapse of part of a lung.
Sounds made by rubbing of inflamed lung tissue on the lining of the lung cavity (pleural friction rub).
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Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot (near the junction of the frontal, temporal and parietal bones) yields an unusually resonant sound in the presence of hydrocephalus or a brain abscess.
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An eye examination may show sluggish pupil reaction. Examination by touch (palpation) or tapping (percussion) may indicate a distended bladder. Blood pressure examination may show a decrease upon standing (postural hypotension).
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