Saturday, July 12, 2014

USLME Mnemonics: Step 2 CK and Step 3

Congenital Rubella ABCDs

A: Art (heart disease)
B: Bluberry muffins baby
C: Cataracts
D: Deafness

Congenital Rubella ABCDs

A: Art (heart disease)
B: Bluberry muffins baby
C: Cataracts
D: Deafness

Congenital Toxoplasmosis

4Cs

C: Chorioretinitis
C: Calcification (intracranial)
C: Causes symmetrical IUGR
C: Cat feces, raw goat milk, infected meat

Contraindications to Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Stroke

SHIP BLAST

S: Stroke in last 3 months
H: Head injury in last 3 months
I : Intracranial hemorrhage
P: PT > 15 sec
B: BP > 185/110
L: Lumbar puncture in last 7 days
A: Anticoagulants use / Arterial puncture in last 7 days
S: Surgery within last 14 days
T: Thrombocytopenia < 100,000

Glaucoma Drugs

AABCDE

A: Alpha Agonist (non-selective) Epinephrine
A: Alpha2 agonist: Apraclonidine
B: Beta blocker : Timolol
C: Cholinomimetic : Pilocarpine
D: Diuretic : Acetazolamide, Mannitol
E: Eicosanoid: Latanoprost


or EAT PAL

Epinephrine
Apraclonidine
Timolol

P: Pilocarpine
A: Acetazolamide, mannitol
L: Latanoprost

Hepatic Encephalopathy Precipitating Factor

HEPATICS

H: Hemorrhage in GIT / Hyperkalemia
E: Excess protein in diet
P: Paracentesis
A: Acidosis / Anemia
T: Trauma
I : Infection
C: Colon surgery
S: Sedatives

Hypokalemia causes

4 Ds

D: Diarrhea
D: Diabetes
D: Digitalis
D: Diuretics

Post Op Fever Mnemonic

A Patient Ultimately Develops Wound Abscess

A: Atelectasis
P: Patient
U: UTI
D: DVT
W: Wound infection
A: Abscess (deep)

Preterm Labor Causes

C CUP

C: Change in dilation or Effacement on exam
C: Cervical dilation of 2 cm or more
U: Uterine contraction of 3cm or more in 30min
P: Pregnancy from 20-36wks

Puetz-Jeghers Syndrome

PJ

P: Pigmented lips and oral mucosa
J: Jejunal polyps

RhoGAM indications

ABCD

A: Amniocentesis / Abruptio placenta
B: Baby RhD positive delivered
C: CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling)
D: D&C

RhoGAM is given at 28 wks of gestation with in 72hrs of above mentioned conditions

Schizoid, Schizotypal, Schizophreniform

schizOID = avOIDs

schizoTYPAL = not your TYpical PAL (weirdo)

schizophreniFORM = schizophrenia FORMing (shizophrenia after 6 months)

SLE Diagnostic Criteria

SOAP BRAIN MD

S: Serositis (eg pleuritis or pericarditis)
O: Oral ulcers
A: Arthritis (usually oligo or polyarticular)
P: Photosensitivity

B: Blood disorders (hemolytic anemia, leukopenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia)
R: Renal (nephrotic picture)
A: Anti nuclear antibodies (in 95%)
I : Immunologic abnormalities (Anti-sm, Anti dsDNA, Anti-phospholipid )
N: Neurologic (seizures, psychosis)

M: Malar rash
D: Discoid rash

ST segment elevation

STudents LEAP into PuB

ST: ST segment elevation

L: Left ventricular aneurysm
E: Early repolarization
A: Acute myocardial infarction
P: Prinzmetal angina

P: Pericarditis
B: Bundle branch block

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

7 S of SSSS

S: Staphylococcal
S: Skin tenderness
S: Scarlatiform diffuse erythema
S: Nikolsky
S: Sterile intact bulla (non contagious)
S: Subcorneal granular split of epidermis (biospy)
S: skin moistened and cleaned with isotonic saline and antibiotics

The Fours Hs of Secondary Pseudogout

H: Hyperparathyroidism
H: Hemochromatosis
H: Hypophosphatemia
H: Hypomagnesemia

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