ممرض يفحص مريضاً مشتبهاً بالتهاب السحايا: ثنى رقبته فانثنت الركبتان والوركان لا إرادياً. ماذا تسمى هذه العلامة؟

Examining a client with suspected meningitis, the nurse flexes the neck and the hips and knees flex involuntarily. What is this sign?

1. Chvostek’s sign
2. Brudzinski’s sign
3. Babinski’s sign
4. Kernig’s sign

Answer: B) Brudzinski’s sign. Brudzinski’s sign is hip and knee flexion on neck flexion. Kernig’s sign is pain and resistance on knee extension with the hip flexed. Both indicate meningeal irritation.