Clinical Skills Flashcards
What does pain radiating to the jaw indicate?
MI or pericarditis
What does pain radiating to the left shoulder indicate?
MI or spleen rupture
What does pain radiating to the scapula indicate?
Gall bladder problems
What does pain radiating to the trapezius indicate?
Pericarditis
What does pain radiating to the groin indicate?
Ureter stones or osteoarthritis of hip
What is Blumberg’s sign?
Rebound tenderness
=> peritonitis
What is Brudzinski’s sign?
Bend neck, see neck flexion
=> meningitis
What is Chadwick’s sign?
Purple vagina
=> pregnancy
What is Chandelier sign?
Cervical motion tenderness
=> PID
What is Chovstek’s sign?
Tap facial nerve
=> muscle spasm
What is Courvoisier’s sign?
Palpable gall bladder
=> cancer (pancreatic)
What is Cozen’s sign?
Dorsiflex wrist causes pain
=> lateral epicondylitis
“Tennis elbow”
What is Cullen’s sign?
Bleeding around umbilicus
=> hemorrhagic pancreatitis
What is Gottran’s sign?
Scaly patches on MCP, PIP joints
=> dermatomyositis
What is Hamman’s sign?
Crunching sound on palpitation
=> subcutaneous emphysema
What is Homan’s sign?
Pain in calf w/ dorsiflexion
=> DVT
What is Kehr’s sign?
Left shoulder pain
=> spleen rupture
What is Kernig’s sign?
Flexing knee causes resistance or pain
=> meningitis
What is Kussmaul’s sign?
Big neck veins w/ inspiration
=> pericardial tamponade
What is Levine sign?
Hold clenched fist over sternum
=> angina
What is Murphy’s sign?
Pressed gallbladder causes patient to stop breathing
=> cholecystitis
What is Obturator sign?
Inward rotation of hip causes pain
=> appendicitis
What is Phalen’s test?
Flexing wrists for 60s causes parasthesia
=> carpal tunnel
What is Psoas sign?
Extending hip causes pain
=> appendicitis
What is Rovsing’s sign?
Palpating LLQ causes RLQ pain
=> appendicitis
What is Tinel’s test?
Percussing median nerve causes pain in 1st-3rd finger
=> carpal tunnel
What is Trousseau’s sign?
BP check causes carpal spasm
What is Turner’s sign?
Bleeding into flank
=> hemorrhagic pancreatitis
