Mnemonics
Retrieve information from your brains faster with easy to remember medical mnemonics
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Mnemonic: Causes / Triggers CHF Exacerbation
Finding the culprit triggering CHF exacerbation not only helps prevent recurrence but also may uncover other medical issues...
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Mnemonic: Help Chronic Wounds Heal better
A mnemonic to remember factors that help chronic wounds heal faster
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Mnemonic to remember Anaphylaxis treatment
A Mnemonic to recall quickly lifesaving treatments for Anaphylaxis and help your patients BE SAFE.
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Mad as hell ! Medical causes of Anger
A mnemonic to help recall medical causes of anger and irritability
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Mnemonic: Precipitants of HEPATIC Encephalopathy
A mnemonic for triggers that raise ammonia production or reduce ammonia metabolism and excretion..
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How to remember Side-effects of HBOT
'HBOT' makes a good mnemonic to recall side-effects of HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)
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Mnemonic: Causes & Triggers of A-Fib
Use mnemonic "THIS ODD PACE" to recall A-Fib risk-factors & triggers
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Causes of Bowel Obstruction : A visceral mnemonic
Have you seen Dr. Lecter's terrible evisceration scene from the Hannibal movie ?
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How to Remember causes of Anemia easily via semantics of mechanism
A logical structure to simplify recalling causes of anemia
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Mnemonic: Causes of Confusion, Altered Mentation or Unresponsiveness
Use Mnemonic 'GLITCHED' to recall differential diagnoses in patient with altered mentation or unresponsive
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Treat kidney stone pain & help removal non-surgically
A mnemonic for healthcare professionals to recall steps to treat renal colic and improve changes for natural passage of kidney…
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Mnemonic : Hyponatremia causes
Use 'SIADH" to recall common causes of hyponatremia quickly
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COPD management with C.O.P.D. mnemonic
The term C.O.P.D. covers a wide range of management basics related to COPD.
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A Red Limb… the differentials
Besides cellulitis , here are other Cs to give a thought for differentials…
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Causes of acute shivering or tremoring
For most of 2021, Ed Sheeran’s melodic “Shivers” was stuck in my head and I am hoping this post helps…
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How to show Empathy to patients ? Practical Tips
Empathy should be taught to clinicians as a skill and not just an advice.
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Causes of Scrotal Pain : ‘TESTIS’
Before you reflexly order an Ultrasound, give the differentials a thought....
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The 6-C framework for managing any patient
An easy thought structure for managing any clinical case
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Mnemonic : Causes of Muscle Cramps / ‘Charley Horse’
Muscle cramps are often physiologic, but frequent cramping should make you think about pathologic causes..
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Mnemonic : What are the Causes, Triggers or Precipitators of DKA ?
Do you say ‘Sugar’ or ‘Glucose’ ? One of my attendings was a stickler regarding this. ” ‘Sugar’ is for…
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