What should you suspect if you detect high-pitched gurgles over the lower right quadrant (when auscultating a client's abdomen)?

Auscultation refers to when the doctor places his stethoscope over your chest and abdomen and he listens. He may ask you to breath deeply so that he can better hear any sound that might be alarming. He is listening to the patient’s heart, lungs and breathing and bowels. The doctor will also ask the patient and anyone else in the room to remain silent so that he can listen and hear.

Doctors are trained to determine what sounds they should be listening for as well as what the sounds mean. During this time, if a patient’s body is making gurgling sounds in his abdomen in the lower right area, there is really nothing wrong because that may be sounds that are expected.