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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
Queckenstedt test — Queck·en·stedt test kvek ən shtet n a test for spinal blockage of the subarachnoid space in which manual pressure is applied to the jugular vein to elevate venous pressure, which indicates the absence of a block when there is a simultaneous… … 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 phenomenon — see under sign … Medical dictionary
jugular sign — Queckenstedt s … 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
Intracranial pressure — (ICP) is the pressure inside the skull and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The body has various mechanisms by which it keeps the ICP stable, with CSF pressures varying by about 1 mmHg in normal adults through shifts in… … Wikipedia
