pain with palpation of the RUQ during inspiration, indicative of cholecystitis
Murphy's sign
appendicitis (McBurney's Point is 2/3 of the way from the umbilicus to anterior superior iliac spine)
McBurney's sign
Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ indicative of appendicitis
Rovsing's sign
bruising in the skin around the umbilicus
Cullen's sign
bruising in flank area (lower back area)
Grey Turner's sign
pain is elicited by percussion over the kidney
Lloyd's sign
Severe stiffness of the hamstrings causes an inability to straighten the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees.
Kernig's sign
pain with resistance and involuntary flex of hip/knee when neck is flexed to chest when lying supine
Brudzinski's sign
-heel jar
-tap leg at foot or have them jump down from table and cause pain in the abdomen.
Markle sign
reflex movement of the eyes in the opposite direction to that which the head is moved, an indication of functional integrity of the brainstem
Doll's eye sign
downward deviation of the eyes, with the white sclera exposed.
Sun-setting sign
calf pain on ankle dorsiflexion
Homan's sign
The experience of sharp, stabbing pain as the compressed area returns to a noncompressed state (rebound tenderness)
Blumberg's sign
temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
Vital signs
A sign of hypocalcemia . Carpal spasm caused by inflating a blood pressure cuff above the client's systolic pressure and leaving it in place for 3 minutes.
Trousseau's sign
HTN, bradycardia, irregular respirations
Cushing's Reflex/Triad
Hypotension, tachycardia, increased respirations
Shock signs
RUQ pain, Fever, Jaundice (Cholangitis)
Charcot's triad