assessment signs Flashcards
1
Q
Kernig’s sign
A
menigitis- pain in the hamstrings when extending leg
2
Q
brudzinski sign
A
menigitis- hips flex when the neck flexed forward when lating supine
3
Q
chvosteks sign
A
low calcium/ magnesium- tap cheek and the facial muscles twitch
4
Q
Trousseau’s sign
A
low calcium/ magnesium- blood pressure cuff makes hand flex forward and look like claw
5
Q
Babinski reflex
A
less then six months when sole of foot stimulated the toes flexes
6
Q
moro relfexes
A
when baby percieves they are falling they put arms out and pull arms in
7
Q
tonic neck/ fencing relfex
A
when infants head turns left the left arm/ legs extend and right arm/ legs flex
8
Q
Cullen’s sign
A
blue color around naval caused by internal bleeding
9
Q
Mcburney’s sign
A
appendectis- rebound tenderness in the lower right hand abdomen
