Murphy’s sign is a method that helps healthcare professionals diagnose several causes of upper-right abdominal pain. These might include gallbladder inflammation, kidney infection, or bile duct ...

Clinicians can also test for Murphy’s sign during the ultrasound. An ultrasound scan will likely take less than 45 minutes. Learn more about how ultrasound scans work.

The presence of a sonographic Murphy sign (SMS) along with gallstones on ultrasound is highly suggestive of acute cholecystitis. To determine whether opioid analgesia affects the presence of an ...