Clinical medicine
Horder's spots
Horder’s spots are reddish macular lesions found on the face in psittacosis They are similar to rose spots seen in typhoid fever Horder’s spots seen in a patient with
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Category: Clinical medicine
Clinical medicine
Nicoladoni-Branham sign – Mechanism
Compression of the artery proximal to an arteriovenous fistula results in reflex bradycardia This phenomenon is known as Nicoladoni-Branham sign Mechanism: AV fistula is a volume overload state
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Clinical medicine
Difference between spasticity and rigidity
Spasticity and rigidity are 2 types of hypertonic states elicited when examining the tone of limbs. It is important to differentiate between them to arrive at a correct
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Clinical medicine
Hoover's sign – Functional leg paresis
Hoover’s sign is a clinical sign used to differentiate between unilateral organic and functional leg weakness This is based on the principle of synkinetic movements Eliciting Hoover’s sign
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