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Clinical Skills Flashcards

1
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What does pain radiating to the jaw means?

A

MI

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What does pain radiating to the left shoulder indicate?

A

MI or spleen rupture

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What does pain radiating to the scapula indicate?

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Gall bladder problems

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What does pain radiating to the groin indicate?

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Ureter stones or osteoarthritis of hip

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5
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What is Blumberg’s sign?

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Rebound tenderness => peritonitis

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What does pain radiating to the trapezius indicate?

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Pericarditis

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What is Brudzinski sign?

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Bend neck, see knee flexion => meningitis

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What is Chadwick sign?

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Purple vagina=> pregnancy

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What is Chandelier sign?

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Cervical motion tenderness=> PID

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10
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What is Chovstek’s sign?

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Tap facial nerve=> muscle spasm

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What is Courvoisiers sign?

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Palpable gall bladder => cancer (pancreatic)

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What is Cozens sign?

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Dorsiflex wrist causes pain=> lateral epicondyliti “tennis elbow”

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13
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What is Cullen’s sign?

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Bleeding around the unbilicus=> hemorrhagic pancreatitis

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What is Gottran’s sign?

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Scaly patches on MCP, PIP joints => dermatomyositis

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What is Hamman’s sign?

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Crunching sound on auscultation=> subcutaneous emphysema

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16
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What is Homan’s sign?

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Pain in calf w/ dorsiflexion => DVT

17
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What is Kerh’s sign?

A

Left shoulder pain=> spleen rupture

18
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What is Kernig’s sign?

A

Flexing knee causes resistance or pain=> meningitis

19
Q

What is Kussmaul’s sign?

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Big neck veins w/inspiration=> pericardial tamponade

20
Q

What is Levine sign?

A

Hold clenched fist over sternum=> angina

21
Q

What is Murphy’s sign?

A

Pressed gallbladder causes pt to stop breathing=> cholecystitis

22
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What is Obturator sign?

A

Inward rotation of hip causes pain=> appendicitis

23
Q

What is Phalen’s test?

A

Flexing wrist for 60s causes paresthesia=> carpal tunnel

24
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What is Psoas sign?

A

Extending hip causes hip=> appendicitis

25
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What is Rovsings sign?

A

Palpating LLQ causes RLQ pain=> appendicitis

26
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What is Tinels test?

A

Percussing median nerve causes 1st-3rd finger pain=> carpal tunnel

27
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What is Trousseau’s sign?

A

BP check causes carpal spasm=> migratory thrombophlebitis

28
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What is Turner’s sign?

A

Bleeding into flank=> hemorrhagic pancreatitis

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