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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

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The occurrence of acute pain at shoulder tip as a result of presence of irritants or blood in peritoneal cavity when the patient is lying down and the legs are elevated this sign is a classical symptom of ruptured spleen what this sign is called ?
  1. Kehr’s sign
  2. Homan ,s sign
  3. Moses sign
  4. All of these
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Answer: A - The occurrence of acute pain at shoulder tip as a result of presence of irritants or blood in peritoneal cavity when the patient is lying down and the legs are elevated this sign is a classical symptom of ruptured spleen and is called Kehr’s Sign.
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