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33 Cards in this Set
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AEIOU TIPS |
Alcohol, Epilepsy, Insulin, Overdose, Uremia, Trauma, Infection,Poisons,Stroke Shock-Causes of Altered Mental Status |
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3 C'S |
Coma, Convulsions, Cardiac Arrhythmias-Tricyclic Antidepressant OD |
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Ballance's Sign |
Dullness to percussion on LUQ due to coagulated blood-Splenic Rupture |
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Battle Sign |
Bruising behind the ears from bleeding in the mastoid sinus-Basilar Skull Fx |
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Beck's Triad |
Muffled heart tones, hypotension, JVD-pericardial tamponade |
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Blumberg's Sign |
Rebound tenderness-peritonitis/appendicitis |
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Brudzinski's Sign |
Involuntary flexion of the knees when neck flexed-Meningitis/SAH |
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Chvostek's Sign |
Facial twitching when nerve is tapped-hypocalcemia/pancreatitis |
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Coppernail's Sign |
Ecchymosis of the scrotum, labia, perineum-pelvic FX |
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Cullen's sign |
Umbilical Ecchymosis-peritonal bleeding |
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Cushing's Triad |
Profound Bradycardia, abnormal respirations, widened pulse pressure-increased ICP |
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De Musset's Sign |
Rhythmic head bobbing synced with HR-aortic insufficiency |
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Ewart's Sign |
Dullness to percussion, egophony, bronchitis BS-pericardial effusion |
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Frank's Sign |
Diagonal ear crease-CAD |
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Grey-Turner's Sign |
Bruising over the flanks-RP bleed |
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Halo test |
A clear ring around a drop of fluid on paper-CSF leak |
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Hamman's Crunch |
Crunching sound w/ heartbeat-tracheobronchial injury/ Boerhaave's syndrome |
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Kehr's Sign |
LUQ pain referred to the shoulder-spleenic injury, ectopic pregnancy |
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Kernig's Sign |
Unable to straighten leg when supine w/ hip flexed @ 90 degrees-meningitis |
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Kussmaul's Sign |
Distended neck veins with inspiration-cardiac tamponade |
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Levine's Sign |
Clenched Gist over sternum-AMI |
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Markle Sign |
Dropping onto the heel causes RLQ pain-appendicitis |
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Murphy's Sign |
Inability to take a deep breath during palpation of the right costal arch below the hepatic margin-Cholecystitis |
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Obturator Sign |
Painful upon flexion and internal rotation of the hip-Appendicitis |
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Preeclampsia Triad |
Proteinuria, increased BP, edema |
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Prehn's Sign |
Pain when lifting affected testicle-torsion vs epididymitis |
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Psoas Sign |
Pain with flexing thigh at the hip-Appendicitis |
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Raccoon's Eyes |
Periorbital ecchymosis-basilar skull Fx |
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Rovsing's Sign |
LLQ pressure intensifies RLQ pain-appendicitis |
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Steeple Sign |
Subglottic narrowing on AP neck x-ray-Croup |
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Thumbprint Sign |
Enlarged epiglottis on lateral neck x-ray-epiglotittis |
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Trousseau's Sign |
Inflated BP cuff leads to carpopedal Spasm-hypocalcemia/pancreatitis |
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Virchow's Triad |
Stasis, vein damage, hypercoagulation-DVT |
