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Trousseau's sign.

This video demonstrates Trousseau's sign in an 83-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with malaise, diarrhoea, and cramps/tingling in her limbs. Trousseau's sign is a carpopedal spasm induced by ischaemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff to a suprasystoli...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : BMJ Publishing Group, 2020.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Blood pressure > Measurement.
Geriatrics > Diagnosis.
Nurses > In-service training.
Blood Pressure Determination
Pression artérielle > Mesure.
Personnes âgées > Maladies > Diagnostic.
Infirmières > Formation en cours d'emploi.
Educational films.
Films éducatifs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This video demonstrates Trousseau's sign in an 83-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with malaise, diarrhoea, and cramps/tingling in her limbs. Trousseau's sign is a carpopedal spasm induced by ischaemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff to a suprasystolic blood pressure. It emerged at 25 secs after the start of cuff inflation, with a maximal spasm at 60 secs.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 20, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 minutes)
Playing Time:00:00:56