Inspection
- Bulging and masses
- Distention
- Dilated vessels
- Visible bowels movements
- Scars
Palpation
- Superficial palpation → tenderness
- Deep palpation → organomegaly
- Hepatojugular reflux
- Fluid thrill
- Description of mass
Percussion
- Dullness
- Hyper resonance
- Fluid shifting
- Shifting dullness
- Fluid thrills
Auscultation
- Bowel sounds
- Venous hums
- Bruits