Mnemonics Flashcards
TB drugs
2 months RIPE
Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
4 months RI
Risk of melanoma
ABCDE
Asymmetry
Borders
Colour
Diameter
Elevation/evolution
Sepsis 6
BUFALO
Blood cultures
Urine output measurement
IV fluids
Antibiotics
LDH and FBC
Oxygen (high flow)
Causes of acute pancreatitis
GET SMASHED
Gallstones
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps (and other infections)
Autoimmune
Scorpion stings
Hyperlipidaemia/hypercalcaemia
ERCP
Drugs
Causes of pruritis
ITCH ITCH
Iron deficiency anaemia
Thyroid
CRF
HIV
Internal malignancy
Type 1 diabetes
Chronic liver disease
Hereditary Haemochromatosis
Causes of finger clubbing
CLUBBING
Cyanotic heart disease/Cystic fibrosis
Lung cancer/Lung abscesses
UC
Bronchiectasis/benign mesothelioma
Biliary cirrhosis
Infective endocarditis/Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Neoplasm
GI malabsorption
Acute limb ischaemia
6 Ps
Pale
Pulseless
Painful
Paralysed
Paraesthetic
Perishingly cold