• The Trendelenburg Test or Brodie–Trendelenburg test is a test which can be carried out as part of a physical examination to determine the competency of...
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    the German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg. It is often incorrectly referenced as the Trendelenburg test which is a test for vascular insufficiency in...
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    Adolf Trendelenburg, father of the pharmacologist Paul Trendelenburg, the physiologist Wilhelm Trendelenburg and of the politician Ernst Trendelenburg and...
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    In the Trendelenburg position (/ˈtrɛndələnbɜːrɡ/), the body is lain supine, or flat on the back on a 15–30 degree incline with the feet elevated above...
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  • The Brodie–Trendelenburg percussion test is a medical test to determine valvular incompetence in superficial veins. A finger is placed over the lower...
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    to gravity and blood viscosity. Clinical tests that may be used include:[citation needed] Trendelenburg test – to determine the site of venous reflux...
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  • pressure on one hand indicates a positive Trendelenburg test, on the side of the abnormal hip A ‘delayed’ Trendelenburg has also been described, where the pelvic...
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  • list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc. Numerous additional signs can be found for Graves disease...
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  • slowly, they turn red like a cooked lobster, suspect ischemia. Brodie-Trendelenburg test (assessment of valvular competence if varicose veins are present):...
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    achieved by using a 20 cm (7-inch) bed wedge or sleeping in a 6 degree Trendelenburg position. Surgical treatment of CVI attempts a cure by physically changing...
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  • Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844 to 1924) was the surgeon after whom Trendelenburg's sign for hip abductor weakness and the Trendelenburg test for varicose...
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    endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation or in patients in the Trendelenburg position. A pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors...
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    widened symphysis. Coxa vara can occur, limiting abduction and causing Trendelenburg gait. Short middle fifth phalanges, sometimes causing short and wide...
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    Functional residual capacity (category Pulmonary function testing)
    position and decreases as one moves from upright to supine/prone or Trendelenburg position. The greatest decrease in FRC occurs when going from 60° to...
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  • This is used to characterize red-green deficiencies. Engelking-Trendelenburg Match – a test light at 490 nm (cyan) and mixture lights at 470 nm (blue) and...
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    either in Trendelenburg position or in reverse Trendelenburg. These positions have an effect on cardiopulmonary function. In Trendelenburg's position,...
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    later was a surgeon in Bonn and Leipzig where he worked with Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844–1924). In 1910 he succeeded Paul von Bruns (1846–1916) as head...
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    or the recovery position if vomiting occurs. In the past, both the Trendelenburg position and the left lateral decubitus position (Durant's maneuver)...
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    the Brodie–Trendelenburg percussion test for finding nonfunctioning valves in veins, Trendelenburg's test for hip mobility, and Trendelenburg's sign identifying...
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    loading than other tests such as respiratory variation in pulse pressure or echocardiographic markers. Placing the person in the Trendelenburg position, does...
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  • Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Trendelenburg (16 July 1877 – 16 March 1946) was a German physiologist known for his work in physiological optics. He studied physiology...
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  • Ireland.2010;31(1):18-23. Livengood A, DiMattia M, Uhl T. "Dynamic Trendelenburg: Single-leg squat for gluteus medius strength." Athletic Therapy Today...
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  • associated muscular weakness, on the other hand, may be present with a Trendelenburg gait, with the body shifted over the affected hip. The causes of limping...
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  • Intracardiac catheter placement Nasogastric tube placement Squatting Trendelenburg position Vagal maneuvers serve to stimulate the vagus nerve (cranial...
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    "machinery" murmur. It is important to promptly place the patient in Trendelenburg position (head down)[dubious – discuss] and on their left side (left...
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    more blood available to critical organs in the chest and head. The Trendelenburg position, though used historically, is no longer recommended. Hypotensive...
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    the wrist can be assessed by testing for a positive Froment's sign. Little finger abduction and adduction can be tested as well. Treatment for ulnar neuropathy...
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    from Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg along with winning a prize with an essay on Aristotle. Laas's association with Trendelenburg was a pivotal moment in...
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    The patellar tap is a technique used in an examination of the knee to test for knee effusion or "water-on-the-knee". With the examinee lying on their back...
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    ectopic pregnancy. In 1944, Raoul Palmer placed his patients in the Trendelenburg position after gaseous distention of the abdomen and thus was able to...
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