Taber's Medical Dictionary
Carnett sign
(kar″net′)
[John Berton Carnett, 20th-cent. U.S. surgeon]
In evaluating a surgical abdomen, decreased abdominal tenderness to palpation after the supine patient elevates his or her head from the bed. The sign indicates that acute abdominal pain originates in the rectus muscle sheath rather than the peritoneum.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Carnett Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730342/all/Carnett_sign.
Carnett sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730342/all/Carnett_sign. Accessed August 5, 2021.
Carnett sign. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730342/all/Carnett_sign
Carnett Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 August 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730342/all/Carnett_sign.
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