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Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
the patient's knees ... and hips to flex ... #Meningitis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
the patient's knees ... and hips to flex ... #Meningitis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
flexion of the neck ... elicits a reflex ... #Meningitis #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #neurology
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
flexion of the knees ... and hips following ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #meningitis ... #physicalexam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
and hips following ... cord movement and ... theory is that hip and ... an involuntary reflex ... #Meningitis #Clinical
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
position with the hip and ... , and/or there is ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam ... Pediatrics #Peds #neurology
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
stiffness, and ... Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... neck and legs will ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam
Hoffmann's Reflex on Physical Exam
The Hoffmann's reflex itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking
middle finger and ... thumb on the same hand ... and finger jerks ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
infant's arms and ... the arm and leg ... #Reflex #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #Neurology #Peds
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
middle finger and ... there is flexion and ... thumb on the same hand ... #video #neurology ... #physicalexam