Rumpel–Leede sign

The Rumpel–Leede sign is a historical exam for Dengue fever and scurvy. It presents as a distal shower of petechiae that occurs after the release of pressure from a tourniquet or sphygmomanometer.^[1]^: 824^[2]

The blood pressure cuff should be inflated to a pressure between the systolic and diastolic pressures and kept inflated for 5 minutes. A few minutes after releasing the tourniquet if there are more than twenty petechiae per square inch it is a clinical manifestation of scurvy. ^[3]

References

^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
^ Wang, Krystle; Lee, Jason (2 January 2014). "Rumpel–Leede Sign". New England Journal of Medicine. 370 (1): e1. doi:10.1056/NEJMicm1305270.
^ Dermatology. Jean Bolognia (Editor), Julie V. Schaffer (Editor), Lorenzo Cerroni (Editor). Elsevier, [Philadelphia?], 2018. Pg. 798

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[Andrews-1] James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

[2] Wang, Krystle; Lee, Jason (2 January 2014). "Rumpel–Leede Sign". New England Journal of Medicine. 370 (1): e1. doi:10.1056/NEJMicm1305270.

[3] Dermatology. Jean Bolognia (Editor), Julie V. Schaffer (Editor), Lorenzo Cerroni (Editor). Elsevier, [Philadelphia?], 2018. Pg. 798

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