NCLEX Famous Signs &Symptoms

Cardiac Signs

Beck's Triad

Pericardial Tamponade

Hypotension, muffled heart sounds, and jugular vein distention

Myocardial Infaction

Chest Pain

Radiating to Left Arm/Jaw

S3 Heart Sound

Heart Failure

Indicates Fluid Overload

Pulsus Paraduxus

Tamponade

Drop in systolic BP>10 mmHg during inspiration

Respiratory Signs

Pulmonary Edema

Pink Frothy Sputum

Emphysema

or COPD

Barrel Chest

Chronic Hypoxia

E.g., COPD

Clubbing of the fingers

Pulmonary Embolism

Sudden Dyspnea with chest pain

Gastrointestinal Signs

Cullen's Signs

Pancreatitis Abdominal Bleeding

Bluish discoloration around umbilicus

Grey-Turner's Sign

Pancreatitis Retro-peritoneal Hemorrhage

Bruising along flanks

Murphy's Sign

Cholecystitis

Pain with deep palpation under the right rib during inhalation

McBurney's Tenderness

Appendicitis

RLQ pain

Endocrine Signs

Cushing's

Cushing's Syndrome

Moon Face/Buffalo Hump

Hyper- thyroidism

or Graves Disease

Exophthalmos: Bulging eyes

Triad for Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus

Polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia

Hypo- calcemia

Trosseau's and Chvostek's Sign

Musculoskeletal Signs

Osteoarthritis

Bouchard's and Heberden's Nodes

Lupus

Lupus Erythematosus

Butterfly Rash

Skin Signs

Koplik Spots

Measles

Small white spots inside the cheeks

Petechiae Purpura

Thrombo- cytopenia

or meningococcal infection

Bull's eye rash

Lyme Disease

also called erythema migrans

Ob/Peds Signs

Positive Chadwick's Sign

Easy Pregnancy

Bluish discoloration of cervix

Positive Hega's Sign

Early Pregnancy

Softening of the uterus

Intussusception

Pediatrics

Currant Jelly Stools

Pyloric Stenosis

Pediatrics

Olive-Shaped Mass in RUQ

Urinary Signs

Pyelonephritis

Costovertebral Angle (CVA) Tenderness

Kidney disease

Foamy Urine

Foamy urine = proteinuria

Acute Kidney Injury

Oliguria

Urine < 400 ml/day = Kidney injury or dehydration

Infections Signs

Janeway Lesions

Infective Endocarditis

small, painless red or purple spots on the palms or soles.

Osler Nodes

Infective Endocarditis

small, painful, red or purple bumps that on the fingers or toe

Rice-water stools

Cholera

Rice-water stools

Rusty sputum

Streptococcus Pneumonia

Rust-colored sputum = Strep pneumoniae infection