medicalmnemonics

Name:
Location: CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, India

I am a Senior Consultant Physician & Ex Professor of Medicine at a private medical university in Chennai .

Sunday, December 30, 2007

CORROSIVE POISONS

ACid causes Coagulation necrosis ( CC )
ALkali causes Liquefaction necrosis ( LL )

NEAR TRIAD

C - Convergence
C - Change in Lens curvature
C - Constriction of pupil

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME

GREGG TRIAD - CCC
C - Cataract
C - Cochlear deafness
C - Cardiac defects - PDA

MELKERSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME

LLL
L - Labial or Lip edema
L - Lingua plicata
L - LMN facial palsy - recurrent

X LINKED RECESSIVE DISEASES

A - A
B - Becker dystrophy
C - Colour blindness
D - Duchenne dystrophy
E - Emery dreifus dystrophy
F - Fanconi syndrome
G - Glucose 6 phophatase deficiency
H - Hemophilia A & B

Saturday, December 29, 2007

OPTIC FUNDUS - C's

Cup - Colour,Contour
Circulation - Caliber, Crossings,Cappillaries

ORAL EXAMINATION

Tongue
Teeth
Throat
Tonsils
TM joint

GIGANTISM - causes

MAKE
M- Marfan syndrome
A - Acromegaly
K - Klienfelters syndrome
E - Ehler Danlos Syndrome

VESICLES - Causes

HSV
H - Herpes simplex, Herpes zoster, Hand foot mouth disease
S - Smallpox
V - Varicella

SWEET SYNDROME - Features & Treatment

P - Pyrexia
P - Polyarthralgia
P - Papules & Plaques
P - Polymorphonuclear leucocytosis
P - Prednisolone

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME

APLAS causes prolongation of APTT ( Activated Partial Thromoplastin time )
MANIFESTATIONS

A - Antiphosphpoloipid antibodies
P - Pregnancy loss
T - Thrombosis
T - Thrombocytopenia