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Showing posts with label Neurology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neurology. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2014

Coma Differential Diagnosis Mnemonic

MIDAS:
Meningitis
Intoxication
Diabetes
Air (respiratory failure)
Subdural/ Subarachnoid hemorrhage


These condition should be excluded as a cause coma

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Brachial plexus branches Mnemonic

MAunt RaiseMUncle

(from lateral to medial)
Musculocutaneous
Axillary
Radial
Median
Ulnar


(Anatomy Mnemonic Upper Limb Neurology)

Deep Tendon Reflexes Root Supply Mnemonic

Remember this nursery rhyme 

One, two-- buckle my shoe. Three, four-- kick the door. Five, six-- pick up sticks. Seven, eight-- shut the gate

S1,2: ankle jerk
L3,4: knee jerk
C5,6: biceps and brachioradialis
C7,8: triceps



(Category: Anatomy Mnemonic, Neurology Mnemonic)

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic Mnemonic

Sympathetic: 
Fight or Flight



Parasympathetic:
Sex, Sandwiches and Sleep




(Category: Physiology Mnemonic Neurology, Neurology Autonomic)

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