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If you have any mnemonics for pathology you can post them in this topic.
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| asmi
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ANGINA :
1. Stable ... mnemonic SS (strain, subendocardial ischemia)
2. PrinzmeTal ... P (periodic /episodic pain at rest ), Transmural ischemia
ex: pt wakes up with chest pain
3.USA ... Uncontrollable pain at rest (i.e. recurrent pain), related to plaque rupture/ulceration/hemorrhage
USA..got high risk of M.I.
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| mjl1717
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VINDICATE
V-vascular
I-infectious
N-neoplasia
D-drugs
I-idiopathic
C-congenital
A-anoxia/acidbase imbalance/auto immune
T-trauma/toxins
E-ethyl alcohol, endocrine
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Post moved to pharmacology mnemonics
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Edited by prep4usmle on 02/05/06 - 10:23 PM
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| mjl1717
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TD. AREEC or REED CAT
T-Thymine
D-dimers
A-Autosomal
R-recessive
E-*excision endonuclease
E-extreme UV sensitivity
C-corneal ulceration
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| Bela
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Wilson's Disease
ABCD
Asterixis
Basal Ganglia Degen. (parkinson's like symptoms)
Cirrhosis of liver, low Ceruloplasmin, Caiser rings (flescher caiser rings in the eye); Copper deposition in liver and brain,
Dementia
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| mjl1717
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A girls name not casi
but "TASI"
T-thalasemia
A-anemia of chronic ds
S-sideroblastic anemia(least common)
I-iron deficiency anemia**
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| rida
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Huntingtons disease:
A Hunter puts an animal in a CAG that has FOUR sides, four for association with chromosome 4.
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| rida
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Pemphigous vulgaris is associated with oral mucosa, because when someone is vulgar, they use their MOUTH to say bad stuff!!!!
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cardiomyopathies make the heart HARD
H - Hypertrophic
A - Arrythmogenic right ventricular
R - Restrictive
D - Dilated
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IP3 mechanism -
1. All hormones produced by hypothalamus - i.e. all the Releasing hormones, oxytocin and ADH - [except CRH]
2. All hormones causing contractions [remember that IP3 causes Ca+ increase which is required for contraction] - this includes Angiotensin, Alpha-1 receptors and muscarinic receptors [pupil contraction]- also Oxytocin fits here [uterine contraction] and vasopressin
Tyrosine kinase - All hormones that are "growth Factors" and Insulin
cGMP - is easy : all these are secreted by the vascular system: ANP. EDRF & NO
cAMP mechanism:
All hormones that are not steroids and thyroid and that don't fit in above logic
steroid hormones - this one is real easy and needs no memory aid
ofcourse there will be exceptions - but those exceptions are not too imp on the MLE :-)
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CPS = Cells Precpitating Slowly
C = Congestive Cardiac Failure
P = Polycythemia vera
S = Sickle Cell Disease
If you know why CCF causes low ESR - let me know :?:
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HLA-DR
H - Hashimoto
L - sLE
A - Addisons
D - Diabetes [2], Dermatitis herpetiformis
R - Rheumatoid Arthitis
HLA-B
P - Psoriasis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
I - Inflammatory bowel disease
R - Reiters syndrome
One more thing about HLAs - Class II MHC diseases are more common in women - so HLADRs are more common in women - whereas Class I MHC diaseases are more common in men - e.g. Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Heres a real easy way of remembering Thyroid tumors-
1.Papillary Thyroid tumor ------ 5Ps
Popular
Palpable Lymph nodes
Positive I (131) uptake
Positive Prognosis
Post radiation in head and neck(cause)
2.Follicular tumor-------------- Fs
Female
Faraway metastasis
Favorable prognosis
3.Medullary tumor------------- Ms
MEN association (2a,2b)[/b]
Median node dissection
aMyloid
Also remember the Lymphoma is most commonly associated with Hashimotto's Thyroiditis
I hope this bit of information is helpful to you all.
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POSTCARDS
Pyelonephritis
Obstruction of urinary tract
Sickle cell hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell trait
Tuberculosis
Cirrhosis of the liver, chronic alcoholism
Analgesic abuse
Renal transplant rejection, radiation
Diabetes mellitus
Systemic vasculitis
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ASD
A= Anaemia, Achlorhydria
S= Stomatitis, Splenomegaly, Spooning of the nails
D= Dysphagia mainly due to post cricoid web
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Platelet Aggregation Agonists = PET CAT
P = PAF or platelet activation factor
E = Epinephrine
T = Thrombin
C= Collagen
A = ADP or adenosine diphosphate
T = Thromboxane A2
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Symptoms of Carcinoid Syndrome
They are sometimes quite hard to rember, because they seem unrelated: diarrhea, flushing, diseases of the right heart valves and bronchospasm.
So imagine a toilet with this sign on it:
When in DIARRHEA:
Please FLUSH
using the RIGHT VALVE
to avoid BRONCHOSPASM
in the next user.
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Sofia LOREN
S ---> Small round cell tumors
L : Lymphoma
O: Oat cell carcinoma
R: Rhabdomyosarcoma
E: Ewing's Sarcoma
N: Neuroblastoma
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Failure SHARED
Heart FAILURE
Shock
HTN
Arrhythmias
Rupture
Emboli
Dressler Syndrome
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SHARe MUCH
Sodium and water excess
Hyperkalemia
Anemia
REnal osteodystrophy
Metabolic acidosis
Uremia
Chronic pyelonephritis
HTN
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| mehrdad
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TOF signs PROVe
p=ps r=RVH o=overriding of aorta
v=VSD
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"mjl1717" wrote:
A girls name not casi
but "TASI"
T-thalasemia
A-anemia of chronic ds
S-sideroblastic anemia(least common)
I-iron deficiency anemia**
i think anemia of chronic dx is normochromic normocytic (first aid page 238 2004)
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| aahy1978
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Microcytic Anemia is a disfunction of hemoglobin--agreed. Anemia of Chronic Disease (ACD) can be considered to be both microcytic and normocytim (low reticulocyte count). However, its more important to understand why that is the case.
During a chronic inflammation (microbial or RA)... the microbes love to iron, so your body reacts by locking all of its iron within the macrophage and loosing the key (analogy used by Edward F. Goljan, MD)...
the good news is that the microbe does not get any iron
the bad news is that your body doesn't get iron either, which reduces the amount of heme (no iron, no heme), which reduces the amount of hemoglobin. hence, microcytic anemia.
Anemia of Chronic Diseases (lab values)
MCV low
Serum Iron low
TIBC low
% Saturation low
Serum Ferritin HIGH
hope this helps... my source has been Kaplan and Goljan
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PTEW7
like something is disgusting P-TEEEEW!!!!!!! (with 7 exclamation marks or something...
PT
Extrinsic
Warfarin
VII is the only factor exclusive to extrinsic
and the "21's"
5q21 = apc
15q21= marfans
17q21= BRCA1
18q21= DCC
Xq21= duchenes
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