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Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... flexion of the neck ... elicits a reflex ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... Passive neck flexion ... an involuntary reflex ... #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam #
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

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

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign ... hips to flex when ... #Brudzinskis #Sign ... #Meningitis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
Brudzinski's sign ... following passive neck ... #Brudzinskis #sign ... #clinical #video ... neurology #meningitis #physicalexam
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck ... newborn babies that normally ... #Reflex #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... Peds #Pediatrics #Normal
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Non-specific Kernig Sign ... up); Spec: 95% Brudzinski ... Sign • Passively ... flex neck and legs ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... are not useful signs ... #Positive #Abnormal ... #Clinical #Video ... #Signs #PhysicalExam
Abnormal pulsation in the neck in the setting of Aortic Coarctation

10 yo male,  his father
in the neck in ... 130/100 mm HG) and ... systolic clic and ... #Pulsation #PhysicalExam ... #Aorta #Clinical
Oliver's sign (Tracheal Tug Sign)

Oliver's sign is an abnormal downward movement of the trachea during systole
Oliver's sign (Tracheal ... sign is an abnormal ... aneurysm of the aortic ... #trachea #clinical ... #video #neck #physicalexam