Mnemonics

Question 1

S/SX OF ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG OVERDOSE (ATROPINE)
“BUCOPWD”

Answer 1

BLURRED VISION
URINARY RETENTION
CONSTIPATION
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
WEIGHT GAIN
DRY EVERYTHING

[ALL FLUIDS IN]

Question 2

S/SX OF CHOLINERGIC/ ANTICHOLINESTERASE CRISIS
“SLUDGE”

Answer 2

SALIVATION
LACRIMATION
URINATION
DIARRHEA
GI UPSET
EMESIS

[ALL FLUIDS OUT]

Question 3

POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS
“SEAT”

Answer 3

SPIRINOLACTONE
EPLERENONE
AMILORIDE
TRIAMTERENE

Question 4

MGT FOR UNSTABLE ANGINA & NSTEMI
“ONAMSBDA”

Answer 4

OXYGEN
NITROGLYCERIN
ASPIRIN
MORPHINE
STATINS
BETABLOCKERS
DILATORS
A2RBS (-sartan)
ANTICOAGULANTS

Question 5

MGT FOR STEMI
“ONAMSBD-T”

Answer 5

OXYGEN
NITROGLYCERIN
ASPIRIN
MORPHINE
STATINS
BETABLOCKERS
DILATORS
A2RBS (-sartan)
THROMBOLYTICS

Question 6

IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
“C2I”

Answer 6

CORTICOSTEROID
CYCLOSPORINE
IMURAN/AZATHIOPRIME

Question 7

SIGNS OF INFECTION
“FSRC”

Answer 7

FEVER
SORE THROAT/ PHARYNGITIS
RASHES
CONFUSION/ALOC

Question 8

POTASSIUM RICH FOODS
“ABCD”

Answer 8

AVOCADO
BANANA
CANTALOUPE
DRIED FRUITS (RAISINS)

Question 9

4D’s of PELLAGRA

Answer 9

Dermatitis
Diarrhea
Dementia
Death

Question 10

ALL DIURETICS ARE POTASSIUM WASTING EXCEPT “SEAT”

Answer 10

SPIRINOLACTONE (ALDACTONE)
EPLERENONE
AMILORIDE
TRIAMTERENE