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Which patient response indicates a positive Brudzinski sign?
A. Involuntary flexion of the hips and knees when the neck is flexed
B. Headache worsened by hyperextending and then flexing the head
C. Resistance to dorsiflexing the foot
D. Pain on the adduction of the hip. A. Involuntary flexion of the hips when the neck is
flexed
On examination of which patient would an examiner expect to find a positive Kernig sign?
A. A patient with parkinsons
B. a patient who had a stroke
C. A patient with a whiplash injury
D. A patient with meningitis D. A patient with meningitis (Kernig sign is done by having the
person lie flat on the back, flex the thigh so that it is at a right angle to the trunk, and
completely extend the leg at the knee joint. If the leg cannot be completely extended due to
pain)
As a patient walks from the waiting area to the examining room the examiner notes that the
patients feet are wide apart and his trunk sways as he staggers and lurches side to side. How
should the examiner document this observation?
A. Dystrophic gait
B. Cerebellar ataxia
C. Dystonia
D. Spastic dipelegia B. Cerebellar ataxia
appendix Located right lower quadrant
Gallbladder Located right upper quadrant
,liver Located right upper quadrant
Pancreas Located in left upper quadrant
Spleen located left upper quadrant
Ballottment palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass
borborgymi prolonged gurgles of hyperperistalsis
Abdominal friction rub equals what A. Friction rub of abdomen can indicate inflammation of
peritoneal surface from tumor or infection
Abdominal venous hum Rare, soft humming noise heard when auscultating the abdominal
arteries/abdomen using the BELL.
Portal hypertension or HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
Abdomen Bruits equal bruit indicates stenosis or aneurysm
fluid wave test checking for ascites
place your hand on one side of abdomen near flank. Use other hand to tap on other side of
abdomen.
if ascites is present= a wave will generate through abdomen & you will feel a distant tap on
your left hand
a positive test occurs with large amounts of ascitic fluid
, if distention is due to gas or adipose tissue=no change
Positive Kehr sign or pain traveling to the L shoulder is an indication for this emergent finding:
Renal calculi kidney stones
Positive Gray Turner sign Discoloration or induration of skin of flanks and umbilicus (
pancreatitis)
Positive Cullen's Sign Bluish halo discoloration of skin around umbilicus indicates
hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy rupture, or acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis
A positive Murphy's sign is best described as: b. pain felt when taking a deep breath when
the examiner's fingers are on the approximate location of the inflamed gallbladder
Markle test a test for the presence of peritonitis in which the patient stands on his toes,
then drops to his heels, or in which the heels are struck together or stuck on the bottom. The
jarring of the torso will elicit pain when the peritoneal linings are inflamed. Also called the heel
drop test
Blumberg's sign The experience of sharp, stabbing pain as the compressed area returns to a
noncompressed state= periotonitis
Ballance sign: description and associated conditions Its signs are dullness to percussion in
the left flank LUQ and shifting dullness to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic
rupture/hematoma. Peritonitis
Gower's sign when asked to get up from sitting on floor, child will move hands on legs as
though crawling up to the thighs and then assume a standing position. possible MD.
McMurray Test compression of the meniscus of the knee combined with internal and
external rotation while the patient is face-up to assess the integrity of the meniscus
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Which patient response indicates a positive Brudzinski sign?
A. Involuntary flexion of the hips and knees when the neck is flexed
B. Headache worsened by hyperextending and then flexing the head
C. Resistance to dorsiflexing the foot
D. Pain on the adduction of the hip. A. Involuntary flexion of the hips when the neck is
flexed
On examination of which patient would an examiner expect to find a positive Kernig sign?
A. A patient with parkinsons
B. a patient who had a stroke
C. A patient with a whiplash injury
D. A patient with meningitis D. A patient with meningitis (Kernig sign is done by having the
person lie flat on the back, flex the thigh so that it is at a right angle to the trunk, and
completely extend the leg at the knee joint. If the leg cannot be completely extended due to
pain)
As a patient walks from the waiting area to the examining room the examiner notes that the
patients feet are wide apart and his trunk sways as he staggers and lurches side to side. How
should the examiner document this observation?
A. Dystrophic gait
B. Cerebellar ataxia
C. Dystonia
D. Spastic dipelegia B. Cerebellar ataxia
appendix Located right lower quadrant
Gallbladder Located right upper quadrant
,liver Located right upper quadrant
Pancreas Located in left upper quadrant
Spleen located left upper quadrant
Ballottment palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass
borborgymi prolonged gurgles of hyperperistalsis
Abdominal friction rub equals what A. Friction rub of abdomen can indicate inflammation of
peritoneal surface from tumor or infection
Abdominal venous hum Rare, soft humming noise heard when auscultating the abdominal
arteries/abdomen using the BELL.
Portal hypertension or HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
Abdomen Bruits equal bruit indicates stenosis or aneurysm
fluid wave test checking for ascites
place your hand on one side of abdomen near flank. Use other hand to tap on other side of
abdomen.
if ascites is present= a wave will generate through abdomen & you will feel a distant tap on
your left hand
a positive test occurs with large amounts of ascitic fluid
, if distention is due to gas or adipose tissue=no change
Positive Kehr sign or pain traveling to the L shoulder is an indication for this emergent finding:
Renal calculi kidney stones
Positive Gray Turner sign Discoloration or induration of skin of flanks and umbilicus (
pancreatitis)
Positive Cullen's Sign Bluish halo discoloration of skin around umbilicus indicates
hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy rupture, or acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis
A positive Murphy's sign is best described as: b. pain felt when taking a deep breath when
the examiner's fingers are on the approximate location of the inflamed gallbladder
Markle test a test for the presence of peritonitis in which the patient stands on his toes,
then drops to his heels, or in which the heels are struck together or stuck on the bottom. The
jarring of the torso will elicit pain when the peritoneal linings are inflamed. Also called the heel
drop test
Blumberg's sign The experience of sharp, stabbing pain as the compressed area returns to a
noncompressed state= periotonitis
Ballance sign: description and associated conditions Its signs are dullness to percussion in
the left flank LUQ and shifting dullness to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic
rupture/hematoma. Peritonitis
Gower's sign when asked to get up from sitting on floor, child will move hands on legs as
though crawling up to the thighs and then assume a standing position. possible MD.
McMurray Test compression of the meniscus of the knee combined with internal and
external rotation while the patient is face-up to assess the integrity of the meniscus
