A 50-year old man with         A 65-year old man presents
hypertension complains of      with CONSTIPATION and
acute onset of EPIGASTRIC      pencil-like stools for 2 months
PAIN and vomiting. Perform     with associated body
an initial examination to      weakness, weight loss, and
check for dissecting aortic    periumbilical pain. Perform an
aneurysm r/o appendicitis      initial examination to check for
r/o pancreatitis r/o
                               bowel obstruction secondary to
                               malignancy r/o intestinal
peritonitis.
                               adhesions
   -   Pallor                       - Weight loss
   -   PULSE: brachial,             - Pallor
       femoral                      - Cervical
   -   Grey turner, Cullen              lympahdenopathy
   -   Aortic width                 - Dehydration
   -   BRUITS: Aortic, renal        - Scar abdomen
       femoral                      - Visible peristalsis
   -   Percussion tenderness        - Distention
   -   Involuntary rigidity         - St. Mary joseph nodule
   -   Rebound tenderness           - Bowel sound:
   -   McBurney’s point                 hyperactive/diminished
   -   Rovsing                      - Percuss:
   -   Obturator                        dull/tympanitic
   -   Psoas sign                   - Palpate: abdominal
   -   BP: 2 hands <10mmhg              mass
                                    - Hepatomegaly
                                    - DRE: rectal mass