Kehrs sign is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the - TopicsExpress



          

Kehrs sign is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. Kehrs sign in the left shoulder is considered a classic symptom of a ruptured spleen. Kehrs sign is a great example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signalled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the collarbone.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:58:56 +0000

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