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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 ... Signs #Meningitis ... #PhysicalExam # ... #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

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

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign ... #Brudzinskis #Sign ... #Meningitis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
Brudzinski's sign ... #Brudzinskis #sign ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #meningitis ... #physicalexam
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 ... #Sign #Meningitis ... #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam #
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
: • Leg extension ... up); Spec: 95% Brudzinski ... Sign • Passively ... flex neck and legs ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam
Abnormal (Positive) Babinski Sign on Physical Exam

Dorsiflexion of the great toe with or without fanning of
the other toes and ... withdrawal of the leg ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... reflex #pyramidal #neurology
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
the arm and leg ... #Reflex #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #Neurology #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Normal
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
Hoffman's sign. ... middle finger. 2) Ask ... Reflex #Positive #Abnormal ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #PhysicalExam
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Ask the patient ... In normal people ... hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #psychiatry