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Friday, July 12, 2019

Delirium causes mnemonic

DELIRIUMS

Drugs
Eyes, Ears (Disorientation)
Low Oxygen (Hypoxia, MI, ARDS, PE)
Insufficient Sleep
Retention (urine/ stook) Restraints
Ictal
Under hydration / Under nutrition
Metabolic
Subdural hematoma 


Saturday, July 6, 2019

Bacteria with Positive Urease Mnemonic

PUNCH:

Proteus (leads to alkaline urine)
Ureaplasma (renal calculi)
Nocardia
Cryptoccocus (the fungus)
Helicobacter pylori

E Colli, Disease by Subtypes Mnemonic

"HIT by E. coli outbreak":
EnteroHemorrhagic:
· HUS from Hamburgers
EnteroInvasive:
· Immune-mediated Inflammation
EnteroToxigenic:
· Traveller's diarrhea

Parvo Virus B19 infection Mnemonic

B19 affects 3 B's:

Babies (5th disease, infectiousum erythematosa)
Black Bleeders (sickle cell anemics - anaplastic anemic crisis)
Bearing Babies [pregnant women] (hydrops fetalis)

Mental Status Examination Stages Mnemonic

"Assessed Mental State TBPositively Clinically Unremarkable":
Appearance and behaviour [observe state, clothing...]
Mood [recent spirit]
Speech [rate, form, content]
Thinking [thoughts, perceptions]
Behavioural abnormalities
Perception abnormalities
Cognition [time, place, age...]
Understanding of condition [ideas, expectations, concerns]

Ovarian cancer: risk factors Mnemonic

"Blue FILM":

Breast cancer
Family history
Infertility
Low parity
Mumps

Viral Hepatitis Transmission Mnemonic

"Vowels are bowels":
Hepatitis A and E transmitted by fecal-oral route.

Appendectomy Complications Mnemonic

WRAP IF HOT:

Wound infection
Respiratory (atelectasis, pneumonia)
Abscess (pelvic)
Portal pyemia


Ileus (paralytic)
Fecal fistula


Hernia (r. inguinal)
Obstruction (intestinal due to adhesions) 

Thrombus (DVT)

Heart auscultation sites: ribs Mnemoinc

Apt. M 225A:

Aortic valve 
Pulmonary valve
Tricuspid valve 
Mitral valve
· In order they correspond with the following landmarks:
2nd intercostal space (right)
2nd intercostal space (left)
5th intercostal space (left)
Apex (still the 5th intercostal space)

Testicular atrophy: Causes / Differential Diagnosis Mnemonic

TESTES SHRINK:

Trauma
Exhaustional atrophy
Sequelae
Too little food
Elderly
Semen obstruction
Sex hormone therapy
Hypopituitarism
Radiation
Inflammatory orchitis
Not descended

Kleinfelter's

ABCs of clinical Exam Mnemonic

ABC:
Appearance (SOB, pain, etc)
Behaviour
Connections (drips, inhalers, etc connected to patient)

Localized Edema Causes Mnemonic

ALIVE:

Allergic (angio-oedema)
Lymphatic (elephantiasis)
Inflammatory (infection, injury)
VE
nous (DVT, chronic venous insufficiency)

Dorsal vs Ventral Spinal Tracts Mnemonic

DAVE

Dorsal is Afferent
Ventral is Efferent

Physical examination - correct order Mnemonic

"I Palpate People's Abdomens":

Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation

Bening Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) Symptoms Mnemonic

"BPH is initially FUN": 

Frequency
Urgency
Nocturia 



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