Some Useful Mnemonics I
(Use them Only as Resource)
PANCYTOPENIA:
“All Of My Blood Has Taken Some Poison”:
Aplastic anaemias
Overwhelming sepsis
Megaloblastic anaemias
Bone marrow infiltration
Hypersplenism
TB
SLE
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
| Rashes: time of appearance after fever onset |
| “Really Sick Children Must Take No Exercise”: Number of days after fever onset that a rash will appear: 1 Day: Rubella 2 Days: Scarlet fever/ Smallpox 3 Days: Chickenpox 4 Days: Measles (and see the Koplik spots one day prior to rash) 5 Days: Typhus & rickettsia (this is variable) 6 Days: Nothing 7 Days: Enteric fever (salmonella) |
| Anion gap metabolic acidosis: causes |
| A MUDPILE CAT: Alcohol Methanol Uremia Diabetic ketoacidosis Paraldehyde Iron/ Isoniazid Lactic acidosis Ethylene glycol Carbamazepine Aspirin Toluene |
| Hypercalcemia causes |
| MD PIMPS ME: Malignancy Diuretics (thiazide the main culprit) Parathyroid (hyperparathyroidism) Immobilization/ Idiopathic Megadoses of vitamins A,D Paget’s disease Sarcoidosis Milk alkali syndrome Endocrine (Addison’s disease, thyrotoxicosis) |
| Left iliac fossa: causes of pain |
| SUPER CLOT: Sigmoid diverticulitis Uteric colic PID Ectopic pregnancy Rectus sheath haematoma Colorectal carcinoma Left sided lower love pneumonia Ovarian cyst (rupture, torture) Threatened abortion/ Testicular torsion |
| Clubbing: respiratory causes |
| ABCDEF: Abcess (lung) Bronchiectasis (including CF) Cancer (lung) Decreased oxygen (hypoxia) Empyaema Fibrosing alveolitis |
| Asherman syndrome features | ||||||
| ASHERMAN: Acquired Anomaly Secondary to Surgery Hysterosalpingography confirms diagnosis Endometrial damage/ Eugonadotropic Repeated uterine trauma Missed Menses Adhesions Normal estrogen and progesterone
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Extracted from SOMALIMED Association.