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Location: CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, India

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

Monday, June 14, 2010

BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME

CLINICAL FEATURES

AAA
A - Absent Hepato Jugular Reflux
A - Ascites
A - Ankle edema

CAUSES
P - Pills
P - Polycythaemia
P - PNH
P - Prolifertaive disease - CML
P - Procoagulant disease

L - Leukemias
L - Lymphomas
L - Lupus

ENEURESIS - causes

URINE
U - Urological
R - Renal
I - Infections , Infestations , Iatrogenic
N - Neurological
E - Emotional

VESICLES - causes

HSV
H - Herpes simplex , Herpes zoster , Hand foot mouth disease
S - Scabies , SSS
V - Varicella , Variola

HEADACHE - causes

HEAD
H - H
E - Eye
A - Arterial
D - Dental
A - A
C - CNS
H - Hysterical
E - ENT

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

RISK FACTORS
A - Aflotoxins ,Aspergillus
B - B hepatitis
C - C hepatitis
D - D hepatitis
E - Ethanol
G - G
H - Hemochromatosis

TREATMENT
HCC
H - Hepatectomy
C - Chemotherapy
C -

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CALCIFICATION - causes

DISC
D - DISH
I - Idiopathic
S - Serongative spodylitis
C - CPPD

SMALL MUSLE WASTING - HANDS

HANDS
H - Hansen's disease
A - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
N - Neurofibromatosis
D - Diabetes mellitus
S - Syringomyelia

Sunday, June 13, 2010

DIGEORGE SYNDROME

T - Two branchial arch defect
T - Twenty two chromosome defect
T - Thymic aplasia
T - Tetany
T - Tetralogy of Fallot , Transposition of great vessels

AORTITIS - causes

AORTA
A - Atherosclerotic
O -
R - Rheumatologic
T - Tertiary Syphilis
A - Accidents

Friday, June 11, 2010

SJOGRENS SYNDROME - Clinical features

OASIS
O - Ocular / Oral symptoms
A - Antibodies
S - Sialography / Sialoscintigraphy
I - I
S - Schimers test

DRUGS - FAILURE

FAIL
F - Food / Fluid effects
A - Associated disorders
I - Interactions
L - Low dosage

DRUGS - SAFE

SAFE
S - Safe
A - Affordable
F - Flexible
E - Effective

DEAFNESS - causes

ENT
E - Ear
N - Neurologic
T - Toxic

BECHET SYNDROME - clinical features

BECHET
B - B
E - Eye
C - Cutaneous
H - Hypersenitivity test
E - External genitalia
T - Thrombosis

STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS - Centaur criteria

CENTAUR criteria

C - Centigrade > 38 C
C - Cough absent
C - Cover - tonsillar exudate
C - Cervical anterior adenopathy
C - C

NEEDLE STICK INJURY - Treatment

SWITCH
S - Squeeze the site
W - Wash the site
I - Inform the ID team
T - Tetanus prophylaxis
C - C
H - Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C and HIV prophylaxis


SADDLE NOSE

HORSE
H - Hansen, Head Injury
O - O
R - Rhinophyoma, Rhinoscleroma
S - Sarcoidosis , Syphilis
E - E