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Brudziński's sign or a Brudziński sign is any of three medical signs, all of which may occur in meningitis or meningism.All three are named after Józef Brudziński. [1] In English, the name is often written without the diacritic (like many borrowed words) (Brudzinski) and is pronounced / b r uː ˈ dʒ ɪ n s k i /.
Meningism is a set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by meningitis. [1] [3] [4] Whereas meningitis is inflammation of the meninges (membranes that cover the central nervous system), meningism is caused by nonmeningitic irritation of the meninges, usually associated with acute febrile illness, [1] [2] especially in children and adolescents. [2]
Bob Brudzinski (born 1955), American football linebacker; Grzegorz Brudziński (born 1959), Polish referee; Joachim Brudziński (born 1968), Polish Minister of the Interior, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm; Józef Brudziński (1874–1917), Polish pediatrician; Magdalena Brudzińska, Sirrah (band) violinist
Brudziński's neck sign: With the patient lying on his back and the neck is bent forward, reflective flexion of the knees take place. Brudziński's symphyseal sign: Pressure over symphysis pubis leads to knee, hip flexion and leg abduction. Brudziński's cheek phenomenon: Pressure beneath the zygomatic bone leads to flexion of the forearm.
Kernig's sign is assessed with the person lying supine, with the hip and knee flexed to 90 degrees. In a person with a positive Kernig's sign, pain limits passive extension of the knee. A positive Brudzinski's sign occurs when flexion of the neck causes involuntary flexion of the knee and hip. Although Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign are ...
Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (born 4 February 1968 in Świerklaniec) is a Polish conservative politician.He was elected (first time) to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,731 votes in 41 Szczecin district as a candidate from the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) list.
Brudzinski played 125 games with 94 starts for Don Shula's Dolphins from 1981 though 1989, recording 14 1 ⁄ 2 sacks to bring his career total to 23 1 ⁄ 2 to go with his nine interceptions. [ 2 ] Brudzinski adapted quickly to the Bill Arnsbarger -coached defense nicknamed the "Killer-Bs" which propelled the Dolphins to the 1981 playoffs and ...
The absence of a pathognomonic sign does not rule out the disease. Labelling a sign or symptom "pathognomonic" represents a marked intensification of a "diagnostic" sign or symptom. The word is an adjective of Greek origin derived from πάθος pathos 'disease' and γνώμων gnomon 'indicator' (from γιγνώσκω gignosko 'I know, I ...