The types of cancers with commonly occurring bone mets are breast, lung, thyroid, kidney, and prostate BLT with a kosher pickle … [Read more...]
Polycystic Kidney Disease – 3 Bs
Characteristics and associated conditions of adult patients with polycystic kidney disease - 3 Bs bilateral, big kidneys, berry aneurysms … [Read more...]
Acute Cholecystitis – 4 Fs
Characteristics of patients that commonly develop acute cholecystitis - 4 Fs Female, fat, fertile, and forty … [Read more...]
Fistula Closure – Conditions Preventing
Fistulas are abnormal pathological connections between different tissue types. The presence of any of the five conditions listed below will prevent … [Read more...]
Meckel Diverticulum Rule of 2’s
Meckel diverticulum is a congenital outpouching of the ileum that is a normal variant and is failure of obliteration of the embryological vitelline … [Read more...]
Ranson’s Criteria for Severity of Pancreatitis
Ranson's criteria is used to assess the severity of acute pancreatitis. There are 11 clinical parameters that are assessed to determine the score - … [Read more...]
Motor and Sensory Fibers in Cranial Nerves
The type of fibers that run in the twelve cranial nerves are difficult to remember. The following mnenomic can be used to remember which types of … [Read more...]
Causes Of Anion Gap Acidosis
The causes of an anion gap acidosis are best remembered by MUDPILES Methanol Uremia Diabetic ketoacidosis Paraldehyde (obsolete as use of this … [Read more...]
Acute Coronary Syndrome Drugs
There are four drugs that are commonly given in initial treatment for acute coronary syndrome, if no contraindications exist. These … [Read more...]
Cardiac Arrest Drugs Given via Endotracheal Tube
Although administering cardiac arrest drugs intravenously or interosseously is preferred, the following drugs can be administered via the endotracheal … [Read more...]
Branches of the Facial Nerve
Facial Nerve Branches in cephalad to caudal order (head to toe): Temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Masseteric, Cervical Mnemonics used by medical … [Read more...]