TY - JOUR T1 - Trousseau's sign at the emergency department JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2016-216270 VL - 2016 SP - bcr2016216270 AU - Bas C T van Bussel AU - Richard P Koopmans Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2016/bcr-2016-216270.abstract N2 - A 83-year-old woman presented with malaise, diarrhoea and cramps and tingling in arms and legs. Her medical history noted hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, arthrosis of her knee and treatment of an upper airway tract infection with antibiotics 1 month ago.Physical examination revealed a clear Trousseau's sign (video 1), which is a carpopedal spasm induced by ischaemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff … ER -