title: Abdominal guarding.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Geraghty
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010173:Palpation