Hyperactive bowel sounds are abdominal sounds that are louder and more frequent. It's normal to notice bowel sounds (borborygmi) as food moves through the stomach and intestines, which can sound ...

The mucous membranes were moist, and bowel sounds were present. The abdomen was nondistended, soft, and diffusely tender (predominantly in the epigastrium), and there was guarding without rebound.

A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at the site of a urinary conduit and symptoms of urinary obstruction lasting ...

Abdomen slightly obese and soft. Tenderness present in the right upper abdomen. Bowel sounds normal. Renal angles clear. The clinical findings did not indicate a need for immediate hospital admission.

A 4-year-old boy in a collision with a speeding motorcycle as he crossed the road was referred to our hospital from a ...

Clinical examination of the underweight patient (BMI 17.4) found a tight abdomen with diffuse guarding and no bowel sounds. Abdominal computed tomography showed a massively dilated, tightly filled ...