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SIGNS Flashcards

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• Chvostek sign (Facial twitching)
• Trosseau sign (Carpopedal spasm)

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HYPOCALCEMIA

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Halo sign (Ring-like clear drainage from the nose)

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CSF LEAK

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• Cullen sign (Ecchymosis in umbilicus)
• Grey turner sign (Ecchymosis in flank area)

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PANCREATITIS

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•Rovsing sign (Abdomen rebound tenderness)
• Mcburney’s sign (Abdomen pan that radiates to umbilicus)
• Obturator sign (RLQ pain when flexing leg)
• Psoa’s sign (RLQ pain when elevating leg)
• Dunphy’s sign (RLQ pain when coughing)

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APPENDICITIS

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Markle sign (Jarred landing)

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PERITONITIS

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• Boa’s sign (Right shoulder pain after fat intake)
• Murphy’s sign (RUQ pain uppon deep palpation)

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CHOLECYSTITIS

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7
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Papal sign (Pain in 3 fingers)

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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

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8
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Homan’s Sign (Calf pain during dorsi flexion)

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DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

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Russel sign (Callus formation on knuckles)

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BULIMIA NERVOSA

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• Galleazzi sign (Shortened affected leg)
• Ortolani sign (Abdomen clicking sound during abduction)

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CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA

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Macewen sign (Crack-pot sound during percussion)

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HYDROCEPHALUS

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12
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Gower’s sign (Weakness of proximal muscles and lower limbs)

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DUCHENNE

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13
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• Chadwick’s sign (Bluish discoloration of cervix)
• Hegar’s sign (Softening of the uterus)
• Goodell’s sign (Softening of the cervix)

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PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY

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14
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• Kernig’s sign (Inability to straighten leg when hip is flexed)
• Brudzinski’s sign (Hip and knees flex when neck is flexed)

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MENINGITIS

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15
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Battle sign (Ecchymosis behind the ears)

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BASILAR SKULL FRACTURE

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• (+) Trosseau’s sign
• Chvostek’s sign

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TETANY

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Risus Sardenicus

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TETANUS

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18
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Spider angioma

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LIVER CIRRHOSIS

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19
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Butterfly rash

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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHMATOSUS

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20
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Chipmunk face

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BULIMIA NERVOSA

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21
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Leoning face

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LEPROSY

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22
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Moon face

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CUSHING’S DISEASE

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23
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Koplik’s spot

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MEASLES

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24
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Pseudomembrane

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DIPTHERIA

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25
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• Protrusion of tongue
• Simian crease on palms

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DOWN SYNDROME

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26
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Strawberry tongue

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KAWASAKI DISEASE

27
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Red beefy tongue

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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

28
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Exopthalmos

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HYPERTHYROIDISM

29
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Wheezing on expiration

30
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Barrel chest

31
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Rusty sputum

32
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Bronze-like skin

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ADDISON’S DISEASE

33
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Rebound tenderness

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APPENDICITIS

34
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Cullen’s sign

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PANCREATITIS

35
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Rice watery stool

36
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Chills

37
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Rose spots in the abdomen

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TYPHOID FEVER

38
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(+) Homan’s sign

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THROMBOPHLEBITIS

39
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• Brudzinki’s sign
• Kernig’s sign

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MENINGITIS

40
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Olive shape mass

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PYLORIC STENOSIS

41
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Carotenemia (yellow pigmentation of the skin)

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HYPERPITUITARISM

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Jaundice

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Petechiae

44
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Clubbing of fingers

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TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

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Hazy vision

46
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Curtain veil-like vision

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RETINAL DETACHMENT

47
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Low grade afternoon fever

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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

48
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Murphy’s sign

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CHOLECYSTITIS

49
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Levine’s sign (ischemic chest pain)

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ANGINA PECTORIS

50
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Machine like murmur

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PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOUSUS

51
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Ptosis (upper eyelid droops over the eye)

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MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

52
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Cushing’s Triad
- ⬆️ Systolic BP
- ⬇️ RR
- ⬇️ HR

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INCREASED ICP

53
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Homan’s sign

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DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

54
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Pill rolling tremors

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PARKINSON’S DISEASE

55
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Whooping cough

56
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Descending sclerosis

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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

57
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Sausage shape-like mass

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INTUSSUSCEPTION

58
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Ascending paralysis

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GUILLAINE BARRE SYNDROME

59
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Pink frothy sputum

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PULMONARY EDEMA

60
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Rigid board-like abdomen

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PERITONITIS

61
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Gibbus formation (collapse of one or more vertebral bodies)

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POTT’S DISEASE

62
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Intermittent claudication

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BUERGER’S DISEASE

63
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• Barlow’s sign
• Ortolani’s sign

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CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA

64
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• Racoon’s eyes
• Battle’s sign

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BASILLAR SKULL FRACTURE

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