Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

rigidity?

Posted By: pc on 2008-09-18
In Reply to: phrase - mt

Subject: rigidity?




Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

s/l rigidity
Subject: s/l rigidity

maybe good "elasticity and turgor"??
rigidity
Subject: rigidity

cogwheel rigidity
?no rigidity??
Subject: ?no rigidity??

...
nuchal rigidity
Subject: nuchal rigidity

nm
neck rigidity
Subject: neck rigidity

That is what I was thinking.  Can this been seen in the neuro exam because that is where she is next?
S/L coll-er-well rigidity
Subject: S/L coll-er-well rigidity

The doctor is going over the neurologic exam. 


"the patient has no resting tremor, no (s/l coll-er-well) rigidity, no Parkinsonian facies, and no shuffling gait."


any chance it's cogwheel rigidity?
Subject: any chance it's cogwheel rigidity?

Stedmans says its "a type of rigidity seen in parkinsonism in which the muscles respond with cogwheellike jerks to the use of constant force in bending the limb."
oops rigidity is PE, acidity is ROS, sorry!
Subject: oops rigidity is PE, acidity is ROS, sorry!


nuchal rigidity? In neck region...
Subject: nuchal rigidity? In neck region...


Yes, I think that would be part of neurological testing which would be nuchal rigidity.
Subject: Yes, I think that would be part of neurological testing which would be nuchal rigidity.


Brudzinski's sign. Also, it's *nuchal* rigidity. (nomsg)
Subject: Brudzinski's sign. Also, it's *nuchal* rigidity. (nomsg)

xx
would doc say skin with good s/l rigidity??? and turgor for elderly patient?
Subject: would doc say skin with good s/l rigidity??? and turgor for elderly patient?


no rebound, guarding, or rigidity. Common to hear no guarding on abdominal exam.
Subject: no rebound, guarding, or rigidity. Common to hear no guarding on abdominal exam.