Queckenstedt phenomenon
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Queckenstedt sign — when the veins in the neck are compressed on one or both sides, in healthy persons there is a rapid rise in the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid, which returns quickly to normal when pressure is taken off the neck. When there is a block in the … Medical dictionary
Queckenstedt-Zeichen — Halsvenen, anatomische Lage am überstreckten Hals: Rechts Vena jugularis interna, links Vena jugularis externa Das Queckenstedt Zeichen bzw. der Queckenstedt Versuch (engl.: Queckenstedt s sign, auch: Queckenstedt Stookey test), benannt nach dem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Queckenstedt sign (phenomenon test) — Queck·en·stedt sign (phenomenon, test) (kwekґən shtet″) [Hans Heinrich Georg Queckenstedt, German physician, 1876–1918] see under sign … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
