Queckenstedtn.
/ˈkwɛkᵻnstɛt/, U.S. /ˈkwɛkᵻnstɛt/ Medicine.
attributive and in the genitive. Designating the diagnostic manoeuvre of compressing the jugular veins while measuring cerebrospinal fluid pressure, which results in a rapid rise in the pressure unless there is obstruction in the subarachnoid space.
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1927 Lancet 26 Feb. 425/2 Compression on the jugular veins (Queckenstedt phenomenon).]
1928 R. J. E. Scott Gould's Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 1175/2 Queckenstedt's test, in healthy persons pressure on the veins of the neck causes a prompt rise in the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid, which disappears on release of the pressure on the veins.
1934 D. Munro in Practitioners Library of Med. & Surg. V. xi. 803 If..the Queckenstedt test is positive, that is, if flow of cerebrospinal fluid is partly or completely interfered with by a block in the subarachnoid space, the rise on jugular compression will be totally absent if the block is complete, or greatly slowed and diminished in height if the block is incomplete.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xxiv. 76/2 In performing Queckenstedt's test, it is as well not to squeeze or even seem to squeeze the trachea.
2005 Clin. Neurol. & Neurosurg. 107 409/1 Lumbar CSF examination was performed without Queckenstedt's procedure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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