Medical Signs

Hammans Sign

Crunching sound upon auscultation of heart due to pneumomediastinum
Asterixis

Coarse flapping of muscular tremors observed during voluntary movements
Grey Turners Sign

Flank ecchymosis due to hemorrhagic pancreatitis
Cullins Sign

Peri-Umbillical ecchymosis
Virchow’s Triad
- ‘Venous’
- - loss of vein integrity
- - stasis (long seated ride)
- - hyper coagulation state (pregnant/ cancer)
Homans Sign

Dorsiflexion of the foot and constriction of the calf causing calf pain related to PVD
McBurneys Point
- Appendicitis
- point over appendix with pain. 1/3 distance from umbilical to iliac spine
Kernigs Sign
- Meningitis
- inability to straighten the leg when hip flexed to 90 degrees
Kehrs Sign
- Ruptured spleen
- acute pain at the tip of the shoulder due to blood in peritoneal cavity
Chovsteks Sign
- Hypocalcemia
- facial muscle twitch
Trousseau Sign
- Hypocalcemia
- carpopedal spasm after BP cuff applied for 2-3 minutes
Brusdzinkis Sign
- Meningeal Irritation
- involuntary leg lifting when head is lifted while supine
Ballance Sign
- Splenic Rupture
- dullness to percussion on opposite side to affected side)
Cooper nails sign
- pelvic fracture
- Ecchymosis of scrotum / labia.
Kussmauls sign
- Cardiac tamponade
- rise in venous pressure upon inspiration.
Becks Triad
- - muffled heart tones
- - narrow pulse pressures
- - jvd
Waddells Triad
- Child hit by car
- - femor fx
- - abdomen/ thorax injury
- - contra lateral head injury

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2021-10-17T21:27:16Z

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