Jones Criteria

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Jones Criteria

• I know they are quite simple to memorize. But for
  some weird reason, I never recollect them
  instantaneously!! So, here is a mnemonic from
  Kaplan USMLE Step 2 Notes
• J Joints (Arthritis)
• O O stands for heart!! (Carditis)
• N Nodules
• E Erythema migrans
• S Syndeham Chorea

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Chronic Bronchitis

• I know, its definition is quite complicated but
  well we are supposed to know it. I just came
  across this book called Medical mnemonic comics
  Resp. Diseases and whoa there was a good
  mnemonic in it (rest of books is full of some
  carp drawings, really a comic!!)
• 1,2,3 rule
• Cough for 3 mths every year (thats 1) for 2
  years.
• Neat!!

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WPW??

• Well, if you guys also have trouble remembering
  the drug of choice for treatment of
  Wolf-Parkinson-White (looks like a wolf ate a
  white with Parkinsons. he..he..), worry no more.
  Its quite simple actually.
• WPW Procainamide
• Just to side track, dude never use CCB or beta
  blockers. Thats a big, BIG mistake!!

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Drug Hypersensitivity

• Now don't be pimped anymore!!! Just remember the
  drugs which typically cause hypersensitivity
  reactions with my mnemonic. Just remember the
  word P
• Penicillins
• Phenytoin
• Pain Killers (NSAIDS)
• Pee drugs (Sulfonamides!!, they treat UTI idiot)
• Kewl eh... Thank you, thank you!!!

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Kernig Sign

• OK, like me perhaps you also often get confused
  between Kernig and Brudzinski signs of meningeal
  irritation. So, here is a mnemonic from Medicine
  Recall
• K for Kernig
• K for Knee
• Just to side track In Kernig, you extend a
  flexed knee and patient reports pain. In
  Brudzinski, you passively flex neck and patient
  flexes knee.

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Cyanotic Heart Diseases

• This is my favorite mnemonic. It's awesome!! I
  first read it in Pediatrics Recall
• 1-2-3-4-5 Ts
• Truncus Arteriosus (1 vessel)
• Transposition of the (two) great vessels
• Tricuspird Atresia.
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (has 5
  words)

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Amox Vs. Ampi

• Which one is PO and which is IV?? Confusing?? Not
  anymore!!!
• Amoxicillin O for PO
• Ampicillin I for IV
• I made this one myself -D

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SIADH

• They call it Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH
  secretion, but what wrong would they have done if
  they had called it Syndrome of Increased ADH
  secretion!! That way it would have been easy on
  our neurons, but WTF!!
• SIADH Increased ADH

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Bupropion Vs. Buspirone

• This one is very confusing, for these two drugs
  sound similar but are altogether different and no
  matter what, they are always present in options!!
  Here is a mnemonic from Prep4USMLE forums
• Buspirone Ansiety (i.e its a anti-anxiety drug)
• Bupropion Proper behavior (i.e. Its used in drug
  withdrawl)
• On a side note Buspirone is a 5-HT agonist and
  Bupropion is a TCAD.

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Horner Syndrome

• This one is funny (and I think I made it!!).
  Sometimes even Hollywood helps us med students
  too!! If you can't think what's so horny about
  Horner, think PAM
• P Ptosis
• A Anhidrosis
• M Miosis

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Changes from Kid to Teenage

• This always used to baffle me, till I made this
  mnemonic MYSELF!! This is cool but it belongs to
  a category of mnemonic which I hate the most!!
• Always Adrenarche 6-8 yrs
• Go Gonadarche 8-9 yrs
• Towards Thelarche 9-10 yrs
• Puberty Pubarche 10-11 yrs
• With WTF !!! (Can ignore this!!)
• Growth Growth Spurt 11-12 yrs
• Motivation Menarche 12-13 yrs

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EOM supply

• This is quite famous. You might be familiar with
  this one. Looks like a chemical formula!! (No
  doubt, because eyes are involved in lot of
  Chemistry!! Silly joke, never mind)
• LR6SO4AO3

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Gardner Syndrome

• This one is for remembering the classic
  associative findings seen with Gardner Syndrome.
  Think of a Gardner planting SOD.(SOD is a kind of
  grass used to make turf, I just googled it!!)
• S Sebaceous cysts
• O Osteomas
• D Desmoid tumors (i.e. Soft tissue tumors)
• This one is from Surgical Recall

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Hemophilia

• This one is truly for retards!! Its from
  Surgical Recall
• Hemophilia A Factor Aight deficiency
• Hemophilia B You got it, 9 it is!!
• PS After reading this mnemonic, I almost write
  eight as aight these days. Too much study,
  eh...

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3-6-9 Rule

• Its not as hi-fi as it sounds. Its mainly for
  those interested in Surgery and yes, again its
  from Surgical Recall. Its basically to remember
  diameters of bowel!!
• 3cm Small intestine
• 6cm Colon except cecum
• 9cm Cecum (Cecum is the broadest part of
  GIT, I did not know that!!)

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Argyll Robertson Pupil

• This is one of the whackiest mnemonic!! I just
  love it and perhaps you might be knowing this
  one.
• Accommodates but does not react
• PS Who wants sex with a prostitute who doesn't
  react!!

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Primary Amenorrhea Square

• OK...this is in every book. Its just too good!!
• Uterus Uterus -
• Breast Dude, that's supposed to Mullerian
  Agenesis (RKH syndrome, be normal 46,XY)
  OR testicular feminization
• Breast - Turner syndrome (FSH raised) Dude,
  thats rare!!
• OR
• HPO axis failure (FSH low)

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Rare Square

• Hmmm...its terribly difficult to remember stuff
  when the attending pimps you on rounds especially
  if that stuff happens to be those rare metabolic
  errors. Euw... Here is an aid from ME!!
• Cherry red spot CRS -
• HSM Niemann-Pick Gaucher (glucocereb
  rosidase def.)
• HSM - Tay Sachs Krabbe (galactocerebr
  osidase def.)

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Burger attacks

• This is stupid but can ruin your day!!
• Berger IgA nephropathy
• Buerger Smokers vasculitis
• See, told ya... Now how to remember?? Mnemnic is
  more stupid so forgive me!! Bu sounds like
  boo...boo... and smoking is certainly a boo!!
• This stupid mnemonic originates from my stupid
  mind.

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Some murmur shit

• Squatting squashes HOCM murmur. (Dude, murmur
  of HOCM decreases with squatting)
• Regurgitant murmurs are squeezed with handgrip.
  (Simple, handgrip test increases intenstity of
  MR)
• Both these gem of mnemonics are from
  Cardiology made ridiculously simple...the name
  says it all, but this book is more complicated
  than what it says...looks can be deceiving!!

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CN lesions

• This is perhaps the most simple mnemonic, but I
  found out about this only about 2 yrs. Into my
  med school!!! Very useful for clinical years. Its
  from Neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple
  (MUST read this book!!!)
• Midbrain lesions affect CN 1,2,3,4 (of course I
  know CN 1and 2 don't come from midbrain but
  atleast 3 and 4 do and c'mon its a mnemonic not a
  dissertation!!)
• Pons lesions affect CN 5,6,7,8
• Medulla lesions affect CN 9,10,11,12
• Kewl, eh...

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Pimp the attending!!

• This one is for fun!! Did you guys know what
  Warfarin stands for???
• WARFarin Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
• But why arin?? May be its like WARF are in!!!
  Never mind, one of my stupid jokes!! But fun
  anyways!!
• Similarly Lasix is so called because its action
  last 6 hrs!! (This I first read in Medical
  Mnemonics with moral that talking to
  pharmaceutical representatives can help and of
  course we can pimp them too!!)

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Anemia cutoffs

• This is I made myself!!
• Adult male lt13 gm/dl
• Adult female (non-pregnant) lt12
• Children lt11
• Pregnant female lt10
• Kewl, right!! Well, well may be I am a genius!!

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Chinese or Japanese??

• So, guys if you always get confused between those
  Kawasaki and Takayasu, just thank me for I come
  here with fruit from my mnemonic field!!
• Kawasaki Chinese children (S and C sound
  similar)
• Takayasu Sounds Japanese like Ryotsu (from
  Kochikame) if you have ever watched that funny
  Manga TV series!! So Takayasu affects Japanese!!

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Triple test

• This one confuse me a bit...so its here. Again
  creation of my mind!!
• MSAFP ßhCG Estriol
• Down ? ? ?
• Edward ? ? ?
• So whats the mnemonic!! Well Down pts. Live till
  40s right and deliver pretty OK, so we can think
  that their pregnancy is kinda healthy... so has
  raised hCG levels!!!

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Which breast??

• Hmm...either breast is fine if you are talking
  sex!! But no we are talking about breast cancer
  and those carcinomas in situ, DCIS and LCIS. So
  here is an aid from Surgical Recall to recollect
• DCIS Directly in same breast
• LCIS Liberally in either breast
• You know what it means. Isn't it good??