Famous Clinical Signs
Famous Nursing Signs
- Dorsiflexion of the big toe after stimulation of the lateral sole.
- Normal in children up to 2 years of age.
- Associated with corticospinal tract lesions
- In newborns, reddening of the lower half of the laterally recumbent body and blanching of the upper half, due to temporary vasomotor disturbance.
- Benign
- Severe neck stiffness causes a patient’s hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
- Meningeal irritation
- Bluish Discoloration around the umbilicus
- Seen in acute pancreatitis
- Softening of the fundus of the uterus
- Associted with first semester pregnancy
- Inability to extendi tleg when sitting or lying with the thigh flexed onthe abdomen
- Meningeal inflammation.
- Yes, Brundzinski and Kernig Sign both point to meningeal irritation.
- Cyanosis of vaginal and cervical mucosa
- Associated with pregnancy
- Facial muscle spasms induced by tapping on the facial nerve
- Carpopedal spasms by inflating blood pressure cuff
- Pain behind the knee, induced by dorsiflexion of the foot
- Indicates possible deep vein thrombosis
- Deed tenderness at the McBurney’s point.
- Sign of appendicitis
- Pain in the right lower quadrant when pressure applied to left lower quadrant
- A sign of appendicitis
