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Kehr's sign is a classic example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signaled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the collarbone. This is because the supraclavicular nerves have the same cervical nerves origin as the phrenic nerve, C3, C4, and C5. [citation needed]
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
Kehr's sign which is referred pain to left shoulder due to ruptured spleen or blood or irritant in peritoneal cavity. Murphy's sign which is tested for during an abdominal examination; it is performed by asking the patient to breathe out and then gently placing the hand below the costal margin on the right side at the mid-clavicular line (the ...
Often there is a sharp pain in the left shoulder, known as Kehr's sign. [1] In larger injuries with more extensive bleeding, signs of hypovolemic shock are most prominent. This might include a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, rapid breathing, and paleness. [2]
Blumberg's sign; Boas' point; Boas' sign; Body composition; Body fat percentage; Body mass index; Body roundness index; Borsari's sign; Bounding pulse; Braverman's sign; Breast mass; Brissaud's reflex; Broadbent inverted sign; Broadbent sign; Brodie–Trendelenburg percussion test; Brown's vasomotor index; Brudziński's sign; Bruise; Bruns ...
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Hans Kehr (1862-1916) Johannes Otto Kehr (27 April 1862 – 20 May 1916) was a German surgeon and professor of surgery. Kehr was born in Waltershausen, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He practiced surgery at a private clinic in Halberstädt, and from 1910 worked in Berlin.
Heel tap sign, also called heel-jar or jar tenderness, is a clinical sign to identify appendicitis. It is found in patients with localized peritonitis . With the patient supine the right heel is elevated by 10-20 degrees is hit firmly with palm of the examiner's hand.