Signs Flashcards
Chvostek Sign
Facial twitching
Trosseau Sign
Carpapedal spams
Halo Sign
Ring like clear drainage nose
Cullen Sign
Ecchymosis on umbilicus
Grey Turner Sign
Ecchymosis on flank area
Rovsing Sign
Abdomen rebound tenderness
McBurney Sign
Abdominal pain that radiates on umbilicus
Obturator Sign
RLQ pain when flexing leg
Psoas Sign
RLQ when pain elevating leg
Dunphy Sign
RLQ when when coughing
Markle Sign
Jarred Landing
RLQ when heel drop test
Boas Sign
Pain after fat intake (cholecystitis)
Hyperesthesia felt by the patient to light touch in the right lower scapular region or the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
Murphy Sign
RUQ pain upon deep palpation
Papal Sign
Pain in 3 fingers
Homan Sign
Calf pain in dorsiflex
Russel Sign
Callous on knuckles (due to purging)
Galeazzi Sign
Shortened affected leg
Placing the child supine with both hips and knees flexed (Figure 3). An inequality in the height of the knees is a positive Galeazzi sign and usually is caused by hip dislocation or congenital femoral shortening
Ortolani Sign
Abnormal clicking of sound during abduction
Macewen Sign
Crack pot sound (percussion)
A sign to detect hydrocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot
Gower Sign
Weakness of proximal muscle and lower limb
The sign describes a patient that has to use their hands and arms to “walk” up their own body from a squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength.
Chadwick Sign
Bluish discoloration of cervix
Goodell Sign
Softening of cervix
Hegar Sign
Softening of uterus
Kernig Sign
Inability to straighten the leg when hip is flexed 90°
Brudzinski Sign
Hip and knees flex when neck is flex
Battle Sign
Ecchymosis behind ears
