Mullerian duct derivatives medical mnemonic.
October 1, 2009
Parkinson's disease treatment medical mnemonic
Medical mnemonic: treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
SALAD:
Selegiline
Anticholinenergics (trihexyphenidyl, benzhexol, ophenadrine)
L-Dopa + peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor (carbidopa, benserazide)
Amantadine
Dopamine postsynaptic receptor agonists (bromocriptine, lisuride, pergolide, pramipexole, ropinirole)
Source: pharmamotion
Restless leg syndrome is some kind of similar to Parkinson’s disease in terms that in RLS there is spontaneous, repeated leg movements of the legs. It is not exactly tremor but for the purpose of the mnemocine, we will consider Parkinson’s disease as tremor of the hands, and RLS as tremor of the legs. One group of the medications for Rx of PD is dopapine Rc agonists such as the mentioned above. First Rx for daily restless legs syndrome includes dopamine agonists such as pramipexole or ropinirole.
More about RLG you can read on medscapeCME.
September 28, 2009
Radial nerve mnemonic
BrachioradialisThis is a classic medical mnemonic. No doubt it will be included in the mnemocine medical mnemonics list.
Radial nerve innervates the BEST.
Brachioradialis
Extensors of the forearm
Supinator
Triceps
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September 27, 2009
MEN syndrome mnemonic
Multiple endocrine neoplasia medical mnemonic for USMLE / NCLEX.
Each of the MENs is a disease of three or two letters plus a feature.
“MEN I” is a disease of the 3 Ps (pituitary, parathyroid and pancreas).
“MEN II ” is a disease of the two Cs (carcinoma of the thyroid and catacholamines [pheochromocytoma]) plus parathyroid for MEN IIa or
mucocutaneous neuromas for MEN IIb (aka MEN III).
Additional information and visual mnemonics about MEN syndrome at medmemoweb.
September 24, 2009
Laboratory values mnemonics
Laboratory values medical mnemonics. This is a tough one. It is difficult to remember lab values especially if you don’t work with them on a daily base. This mnemonic I found on the web, but it looks more like a draft and I would like to fix it with your help guys. I will appreciate if you submit any lab values mnemonic and we can try to come up with a full list of mnemonics for almost all important lab values.
K+ 3.5 – 5
Ca+ 4.5.- 5
Mg 1.5-2.5
Phos 1.8-2.6
Na+ 135-145
Cl 95-105
Crt .5-1.2
BUN 10-20
PTT 60-70 or 1 ½ times higher if on Heparin
PT 11.0 – 12.5 or 2.o -3.5 times higher if on coumadin
INR 2.0-3.5 for coumadin
WBC 5-10
RBC 5
HCT 40
Hgb 15
pH 7.35-7.45 (40)
co2 35-35
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September 20, 2009
The use of N-Acetyl-Cysteine = NAC
The use of N-Acetyl-Cysteine = NAC medical mnemonic.
Nephropathy prevention (when contrast is used for CT scan in patients with renal insufficiency)
Acetaminophen toxicity
Cystic fibrosis (mycolitic agent)
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September 16, 2009
Inversion and eversion – lower leg muscles involved
The contributor of this medical mnemonic is @Samuel. Thank you!
Both tibialis muscles (anterior and posterior) invert because the first vowel in tibialis is “i” and the first vowel in invert is “i”.
All 3 peroneus (longus, brevis, and tertius) muscles evert because the first vowel in peroneus is “e” and the first vowel in evert is “e”.
September 12, 2009
Adrenaline Use Medical Mnemonic
USMLE medical mnemonic. The contributor of this medical mnemonics is @grgdhiraj. Thank you!
Uses of adrenaline (epinephrine) –>4As:
Acute bronchial asthma attack,
Hope, you are going to enjoy the Apture links.
August 22, 2009
Pterygoid muscles (function)
USMLE medical mnemonic.
Look at how your jaw ends up when saying first syllable of ‘Lateral’ or ‘Medial’
* “La“: your jaw is now open, so Lateral opens mouth.
* “Me“: your jaw is still closed, so Medial closes the mandible.
August 18, 2009
Megaloblastic anemia medical mnemonic
USMLE medical mnemonic.
Drugs causing Megaloblastic Anemia:
M–>Methotrexate
A–>AZT=Zidovudine
P–>Phenytoin (Fenytoin–>Folate deficiency)
L–>Liver Disease (speaking of the MC drug Alcohol, think of Liver as well)
E–>Ethanol
The MC drug is Ethanol. This is easy to remember. You cannot buy drugs like Methotrexate, AZT or Phenytoin OTC, but you can cause yourself liver disease and megaloblastic anemia using the ethanol=alcohol, because it is so easy to buy it. Alcohol is not OTC drug, alcohol is OTS drug, which means On The Shelf drug. Everybody can buy alcohol, and that is why ethanol is the MCC of Megaloblastic Anemia and many other disease. The second MC killer in US right after cigarettes smoking.
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