signs of diseases Flashcards
1
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peri-umbilical bruising
A
Cullen’s sign
2
Q
grey turner sign
A
bruised blanks - indicates intra abdominal haemorrhage such as AAA
3
Q
Trousseau’s sign what is it and when do people have it
A
when you get a carpal spasm after inflating a blood pressure cuff above the systemic blood pressure pressing on the brachial artery
in hypocalcaemia
4
Q
Chvostek’s sign
A
taping over parotid causes contraction of facial muscles
caused by hypocalcaemia
5
Q
what is the Phalen’s test?
A
- a test to assess for carpal tunnel syndrome
- you maximally flex the wrist and if there is numbness in the area of the median nerve distribution then its positive.
