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The Sign of the Pulsating Candle‐Light
Author(s) -
ASKUPMARK ERIK
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb05511.x
Subject(s) - candle , medicine , pathognomonic , sign (mathematics) , pathology , engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , disease , electrical engineering
Summary Attention is called to a simple bedside test, pathognomonic for cicatricial pericarditis: the flickering pulsation of the light of a candle held before the open airways of a patient holding his breath in inspiration.