The<unk>  (also called the<unk> 's sign, the<unk>  sign or the<unk> -Israel-Branham sign) is named after Dr. Carl<unk>  who first noticed the phenomenon of slowing down of pulse in a patient with right arm phlebarteriectasia when brachialis artery was compressed. In modern medicine the sign is elicited when pressure is applied to artery proximal to an arteriovenous fistula and said to be positive if the following occurs :- * Swelling reduces in size * Bruit and thrill disappears * Blood pressure rises * Pulse rate and heart rate return to normal.
Nicoladoni–Branham sign
Bastian–Bruns sign
Crichton-Browne sign
Froment's sign
Mallet-Guy sign
Rovsing's sign
Hannington-Kiff sign
Hoover's sign 