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Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... stiffness with neck flexion ... ; Spec: 60-80% Lumbar ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #Brudzinskis #Signs ... #Meningitis #PhysicalExam
Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... using Kanavel’s Signs ... held in slight flexion ... Pickens, MD #Flexor ... Kanavels #Criteria #Sign
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
response involves toe flexion ... as a Babinski sign ... all other toes flexing ... #Babinski #Sign ... Reflex #Plantar #PhysicalExam
Positive J-Sign - Maltracking Patella on Knee Physical Exam

The J sign correlates with poor patellar tracking
Positive J-Sign ... Exam The J sign ... shaped path with flexion ... #J #Sign #Knee ... #PhysicalExam #Patella
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
Brudzinski's sign ... characterized by reflexive flexion ... following passive neck flexion ... #Brudzinskis #sign ... neurology #meningitis #physicalexam
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... (finger flexor ... Any flexion of the ... are not useful signs ... #PhysicalExam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
following passive neck flexion ... Passive neck flexion ... for the hip/knee flexion ... that hip and knee flexion ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
- Kehr's sign ... - McBurney's sign ... - Psoas sign ... - Cough sign ... #Differential #PhysicalExam
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
findings • Pain in lumbar ... tuberosity • Decr Lumbar ... spine flexion, ... Decr Lumbar lordosis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs