The Band-Aid sign: One of my roles as a hospitalist is to assist other physicians in consultation for elevated blood sugars. Usually straight forward consults. Easy to address and quick to fix. Most of the time it's either a non compliant diabetic who either doesn't take their insulin or had a run of poor food choices or is uncontrolled due to acute illness. Every now and then something else is to blame.
Like the Band-Aid on their knee.
"Why Mrs Smith. What is that Band-Aid from?" I asked."I had a steroid injection in my knee yesterday", says Mrs Smith.
Another reason to lift up the covers on exam. It can make the diagnosis for you.
If you're a student or a resident, it's time to learn these other great medical signs:
- Handsome Sign
- Sleeping Husband sign
- O and Q sign
- Twenty sign
- MFer sign
- Texting in the ER sign
- How to find a lost cell phone in the hospital: Happy's honesty sign
- Intact Humor Reflex sign
- Fibromyallergia sign
- Denture Stains sign
- Square Root sign
- And while you're at it, check out these funny homeless signs.
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