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Murphy Sign

Aka: Murphy Sign

Technique
1. Maneuver: Deep subcostal palpation on inspiration
2. Positive: Worsened pain or inspiratory arrest
Suggests
1. Acute Cholecystitis

Murphy's sign (C0277977)
Concepts	Sign or Symptom (T184)
SnomedCT	53566005
English	abdomen Murphy's sign, Murphy's sign (physical finding), Murphy's sign was observed, Murphy sign, murphy's sign, murphy's signs, Murphy's sign, Murphy's sign (finding)
Spanish	signo de Murphy (hallazgo), signo de Murphy
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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