Dunphy's sign

{{short description|Abdominal pain upon coughing, indicative of appendicitis}}

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Dunphy's sign is a medical sign characterized by increased abdominal pain with coughing. It may be an indicator of appendicitis.{{cite book|last1=Sachdeva|first1=Anupam|last2=Dutta|first2=AK|title=Advances in Pediatrics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2FHFyCaDeIC&pg=PA1432|date=31 August 2012|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=978-93-5025-777-7|pages=1432}} Named after Osborne Joby Dunphy (1898–1989), a British-American physician.{{cite web|url=http://www.rxpgonline.com/article-704-nested-0-0.html|title=Eponyms - D Eponyms|last=RxPG|website=www.rxpgonline.com|access-date=2009-02-21|archive-date=2017-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070137/http://www.rxpgonline.com/article-704-nested-0-0.html|url-status=dead}}Small V (2008) Surgical emergencies. In Dolan B and Holt L (eds) Accident and Emergency: Theory into Practice, 2nd edition. Elsevier.