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Trousseau sign

This video demonstrates Trousseau sign in an 83-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with malaise, diarrhea, and cramps/tingling in her limbs. Trousseau sign is a carpopedal spasm induced by ischemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff to a suprasystolic blood pressure. It emerged at 25 secs after the start of cuff inflation, with a maximal spasm at 60 secs.