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Kernig's and Brudzinski's Signs- Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy in Meningitis

#Diagnosis #PhysicalExam #Meningitis #Sensitivity #Accuracy #Kernigs #Brudzinskis
Kernig's and Brudzinski's ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Meningitis #Sensitivity ... #Accuracy #Kernigs
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
to examine for Kernig ... evidence and low sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Kernigs ... Brudzinskis #Signs #PhysicalExam
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
: Non-specific Kernig ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Resistance or pain elicited by passive extension of the knees, thought to be
Kernig's Sign in ... #Kernigs #Sign # ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
Kernig's Sign in ... Meningitis Kernig's ... Dr.G.Bhanu Prakash #Kernigs ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

Sensitivity and Specificity: Shifting Dullness, Bulging Flanks. Fluid Wave 

Source: Joseph D.
Diagnostic Accuracy Sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Accuracy #Testing #Sensitivity
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity ... Testing #Accuracy #PhysicalExam ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Characteristics Sensitivity ... Characteristics #Table #Sensitivity ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
with reasonable sensitivity ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Epidemiology Equations Sensitivity ... Likelihood Ratio = Sensitivity ... Specificity Sensitivity ... Mnemonic: - Sensitivity ... diagnosis #mnemonic #sensitivity