Eponyms

Question 1

Grey Turner’s

Answer 1

Bruising of the flanks

Pancreatitis / Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage

Question 2

Kullen’s

Answer 2

Periumbilical Ecchymosis

Pancreatitis

Question 3

Kernig’s

Answer 3

Stiffness of the hamstring and innaibility to straighten the leg when hip is flexed
Meningitis

Question 4

Trousseau’s

Answer 4

Carpopedal spasm of the hand when BP cuff is applied

Hypocalcemia

Question 5

Brudzinski’s

Answer 5

Hip and knee flexions when the neck is flexed

Meningitis or subarachnoid

Question 6

Hammahn’s

Answer 6

Crunch heard during auscultation

Pneumomediastinum and tracheobronchial injury

Question 7

Kehr’s

Answer 7

Left shoulder pain

Splenic injury

Question 8

Chovstek’s

Answer 8

Twitching of facial muscles when tapping on C7

Hypocalcemia

Question 9

Kussmaul’s

Answer 9

JVD upon inspiration

Right heart failure

Question 10

Levine’s

Answer 10

Clutched hand over the chest in the setting of CP

Acute myocardial ischemia or infarction

Question 11

Coopernail’s

Answer 11

Bruising of the perineum or scrotum

Pelvic fracture

Question 12

Beck’s

Answer 12

Narrowing pulse pressure, JVD, muffled heart tones

Pericardial tamponade

Question 13

Cushing’s

Answer 13

Bradycardia, widened pulse pressure, irregular respirations

Increased ICP

Question 14

Virchow’s

Answer 14

Vessel wall damage, stasis of flow, hypercoagulable state

Thrombosis

Question 15

Waddell’s

Answer 15

Femoral shaft fracture, intra-abdominal/thoracic injury, contralateral head injury
Children struck by motor vehicles

Question 16

McRobert’s

Answer 16

Maneuver for shoulder dystocia

Knees to chest

Question 17

Mauriceau’s

Answer 17

Used in Breech Delivery