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35 Cards in this Set
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Allen's Test
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Test for patency of ulnar artery prior to arterial line?ABG.
occlude both arteries with patient's hand in fist. Open fist, release unlar artery and watch for colour change |
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Ballance's Sign
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Splenic Rupture/Haematoma
Dullness to percussion in L flank while resonant in R |
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Barrett's Oesophagus
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Columnar metaplasia of the distal oesophagus (GORD)
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Battle's Sign
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Basilar Skull Fracture
Ecchymosis over mastoid process |
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Beck's Triad
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Cardiac Tamponade
JVP Muffled HS Low BP |
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Boas' Sign
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Cholelithiasis (Gall Stones)
R Subscapular pain |
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Carcinoid Triad
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Carcinoid Syndrome
Flushing Diarrhoea R HF |
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Charcot's triad
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Cholangitis
Fever (chills) Jaundice RUQ pain |
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Chvostek's Sign
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Hypocalcaemia
Twitching of the facial mm upon tapping the facial nerve |
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Courvoisier's Law
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Ca of Head of Pancreas
Englarged nontender gallbladder with obstructed bile duct. |
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Cullen's Sign
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Acute Haemorrhagic Pancreatitis
Periumbilical bluish discolouration due to retroperitoneal hemorrhage tracking round through fascial planes to anterior of abdomen |
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Cushing's Triad
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Intracranial Pressure
Hypertension Bradycardia Irregular Respirations |
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Dance's Sign
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Ileocecal intussusception
Empty RLQ in children |
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Grey Turner's Sign
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Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage
Ecchymosis or discolouration of the flank in patients with retroperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of dissecting blood |
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Hamman's sign
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Emphysematous mediastinum
Crunching sound on auscultation of the heart seen with Boerhaave's syndrome, pneumomediastinum |
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Homan's Sign
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DVT
Calf pain on forced dorsiflexion |
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Howship-Romberg Sign
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Obturator Nerve compression
Pain along inner aspect of the thigh in obturator hernia |
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Kehr's Sign
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Splenic rupture
Severe Left Shoulder pain as a result of referred diaphragmatic irritation |
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Krukenberg tumour
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Metestatic ovarian tumour, classicly from Gastric Ca
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Kelly's sign
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Visible peristalsis of the ureter in response to squeezing or retraction; used to identify it
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Laplace's Law
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Wall tension = pressure x radius
Perforates at caecum |
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McBurney's Point
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1/3 along ASIS to Umbilicus
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McBurney's Sign
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Tenderness on plapation at McBurney's point
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Meckel's Diverticulum Rule of 2's
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2% have Meckel's Diverticulum
2% of those symptomatic 2 feet from ileocecal valve |
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Mittelschmerz
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LQ pain due to ovulation
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Murphy's sign
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Acute Cholecystitis
Cessation of inspiration while palpating the R costal margin |
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Obturator Sign
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Pelvic abscess / Appendicitis
Pain upon internal rotation of leg |
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Psoas Sign
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Appendicitis / Psoas inflammation
extending hip with knee fully extended. |
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Triad of symptoms with Pheochromocytoma
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PHE
Palpitations Headache Episodic diaphoresis |
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10s rule of Pheochromocytomas
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10% bilateral
10% malignant 10% in children 10% extra-adrenal 10% multiple tumours |
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Raccoon eyes
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Bilateral black eyes as a result of basilar skull fracture
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Reynold's Pentad
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Suppurative Cholangitis
Fever Jaundice RUQ Pain Mental Status Change Shock/Sepsis |
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Rovsig's Sign
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Appendicitis
Palpation of LLQ produces pain in RLQ |
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Virchow's Triad
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Risk factors for thrombosis
Stasis Abnormal epithelium Hypercoaguability |
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Trousseau's Sign
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Carpal spasm after blood pressure cuff in patients with hypocalcaemia
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