Mnemonics pt.3

Question 1

Causes of thrombocytopenia

Answer 1

PLATELETS)
Platelet disorders (DIC, TTP, ITP)
Leukaemia
Anaemia
Trauma
Enlarged spleen
Liver disease
Ethanol
Toxins e.g. heparin, aspirin, chemotherapy, benzene
Sepsis

Question 2

Folate deficiency causes

Answer 2

A FOLIC DROP)
Alcoholism
Folic acid antagonists
OCP
Low dietary intake
Infection (giardiasis)
Coeliac disease
Dilantin (phenytoin)
Relative folate deficiency
Old
Pregnancy

Question 3

Surgical sieve

Answer 3

A surgical sieve is a way of easily remembering the different types of disease processes that can affect humans.
INVITED MDC
Infection
Neoplasia
Vascular
Inflammatory/autoimmune
Trauma
Endocrine
Degenerative
Metabolic
Drugs
Congenital

Question 4

Lump examination

Answer 4

3S’s, 3C’s, 3T’s, 1F
Site
Size
Shape
Contour
Colour
Consistency
Tenderness
Tethering
Transillumination
Fluctuance

Question 5

Abdominal causes of clubbing

Answer 5

4 C’s
Coeliac disease
Cirrhosis
Crohn’s
ulcerative Colitis

Question 6

Meckel’s diverticulum

Answer 6

Rule of 2’s
2% of population
2x commoner in males
2 feet proximal to ileocaecal valve
2 inches in length
2 types of common ectopic tissue (gastric and pancreatic)