succussion

A medical term referring to the act of shaking a patient to detect the presence of a large amount of fluid in a body cavity.

• 🇩🇪Medizinischer Begriff für das Schütteln eines Patienten, um eine große Flüssigkeitsmenge in einer Körperhöhle nachzuweisen (Succussio).

1. Medical examination technique C2 formal medical

   A diagnostic procedure involving the shaking of a patient's body to detect the presence of a large amount of fluid in a body cavity, such as the chest or abdomen.

   • The doctor performed a succussion to check for fluid in the pleural cavity.
   • Succussion is an older medical technique, now largely replaced by imaging.
   • A positive succussion test indicated a significant pleural effusion.

   🇩🇪Medizinische Untersuchungsmethode

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