succussion

• Termo médico que designa a manobra de agitar ou sacudir o paciente para detectar a presença de grande quantidade de líquido em uma cavidade corporal. Também se refere ao som obtido nessa manobra, conhecido como som de sucussão.

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.

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   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.

   Método de exame médico

   • 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.