Mnemonics
Easy to remember medical mnemonics to help memorize and recall medical and clinical information better and faster
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How to treat Chronic Low Back Pain without surgery? A Mnemonic
A simple way to rememeber tips to naturally reduce or eliminate chornic low back pain
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Mnemonic : Side Effects of Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs
A simple way to help patients and students remember common side-effects of NSAIDs
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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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Remembering causes of Acute dyspnea easily !
A rather unorthodox way I use to quickly recall causes of acute dyspnea & hypoxia
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Mnemonic: Causes of Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)
A slow & steady heart is good unless it makes you unsteady on your feet or pass out – that’s…
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Indications for surgery (craniotomy) in SDH Brain bleed: A Mnemonic
A quick way to remember & recall indications for craniotomy in Acute Subdural Hematomas
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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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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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Causes of Bowel Obstruction : A visceral mnemonic
Have you seen Dr. Lecter's terrible evisceration scene from the Hannibal movie ?
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General & Common Medical causes of Fatigue : A Mnemonic
Use the "SO FATIGUED" Mnemonic to recall the common causes of fatigue in your patients
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Mnemonic: Complications or Pain after ‘Lap Chole’
Use 'LAP-C' to remember complications of Lap Chole !
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Help constipated patients CRAP without pills
In modern medicine it's reflexive for a provider to prescribe meds for constipation, while natural interventions are often omitted...
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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: 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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Mnemonic: Precipitants of HEPATIC Encephalopathy
A mnemonic for triggers that raise ammonia production or reduce ammonia metabolism and excretion..
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Causes of a Red arm or leg : Mnemonic for Differentials
Besides cellulitis , here are other Cs to give a thought for differentials…
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Mnemonic : Causes of persistent Cough
The word "HACKING" makes a good mnemonic for causes of persistent cough
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Mnemonic: Dangerous causes of acute chest pain
An omnious mnemonic to help you remember ...
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Easy Mnemonic for ACE-Inhibitor Side-effects
The first oral ACE Inhibitor was Captopril, also makes a splendid mnemonic
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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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