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Important Mnemonics - larva - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Caloric test (Vestibular function VIII) Test stimulates the horizontal semicircular ducts (can be used as a test of brain-stem function in unconscious patients) Normal results: Cold water irrigation of the ear: nystagmus to opposite side Warm water irrigation of the ear: nystagmus to the same side COWS: Cold-Opposite, Warm-Same 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Mnemonic - Lepra Reaction and Hypersensitivity Type of Lepra Reaction + Type of Immune Reaction = 5 Type I LepraReaction is Type IV Hypersensitivity Reaction ie Cell Mediated Immunity (1 + 4 = 5) Type II Lepra Reaction is Type III Hypersensitivity Reaction ie Immune Complexes (2 + 3 = 5) 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Chediak Higashi Mnemonic! CHINA Chediak Higashi Infections - Lukopenia Neuropathy Albanism 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 AUTOSOMAL Dominant disorders Dominant D= Dystrophicas Myotonic. O= Ostogenesis Imperfecta. M= Marfans syndrome. I= Intermittent Porphyria. N= Noonans Symdrome. A= Adult Polycystic Kidney,Achondroplasia. N= Neurofibromatosis. T= Tuberous sclerosis. 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 All 13 diseases from FA 2011 are all included here. MOCHA STAND Marfan, MEN Osler-Weber-Rendu, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Cholesterolemia Huntington, VonHippel-Lindau ADPKD, Achondroplasia Spherocytosis Tuberous Sclerosis Adenosis Polyposis Neurofibromatosis 1&2 Dystrophies Myotonic 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Lysosomal storage disorder Mnemonics --All AR except Fabry and Hunter XR : so the Hunter is pointing his gun to the X target. Hurler who's like Hunter [is Mucopolysaccharidosis] but because of corneal clouding he can't hunt well. By the way both Hunter and Hurler accumulate Heparan sulfate [dermatan sulfate is easy to remember once you get the first]. All you need to really memorize then is Hurler is alfa iduronidase and you'll remember the other by exclusion. --No man picks is nose with hi- Sphinger "Nieman Pick - Sphingomyelinase". --Gaucher-Glucocerebrosidase-Glucocerebroside 3G "have u Got ur iPhone 3G!" --Cherry-Red spot is a hyphenated term and so as Nieman-Pick and Tay-Sach. --Ashkenazi Jews have Tay-Sachs Nieman-Pick and Gaucher common. --Angiokeratoma is a Fabric of vessels and Galaxy of skin spots: which means that Angiokeratoma is seen in Fabry disease in which there's Galactosidase deficiency and epidermal keratosis. --Krabbe's disease: just remeber Globoid Cells --Metachromatic Leukodystrophy - the name came from metachomasia (Yellow brown color shift of the sulfatides crystals with toluidine blue). Arysulfatase A deficiency 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Type IV hypersensitivity Mnemonics Guillain Hashimoto Contacts Multiple PPD Type I Diabetic 4 a Graft Guillain Barre Syndrome Hashimoto thyroiditis Contact Dermatitis Multiple Sclerosis PPD test Type I Diabetes Graft vs. Host disease 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 MNEMONIC for Glycogen Storage Diseases: Very Poor Casing And Metabolism of Hers Note: casing refers to storage I- Von Gierke's (Glu6P deficiency) II- Pompe's (lysosmal 1,4 glucosidase) III- Cori (1,6 glucosidase) IV- Anderson (glycogen branching enzyme) V- McArdles (Muscle GlycogenPhosphoylase ) VI- Hers disease (Hepatic Glycogen Phosphorylase) Also this might help; POMPe's trashes the PUMP (cardiomegaly) HERS Disease- its HEpatic glycogen phosphorylase deficiency McArdles- its Muscle Glycogen phosphorylase deficiency for Cori and Anderson ABCD A=Anderson B=Branching enz C=Cori D=Debranching 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-15-2011 Causes of Hypercalcemia Mnemonic CHIMPANZEES C = Calcium supplementation H = Hyperparathyroidism I = Iatrogentic (Drugs such as Thiazides, or Immobility after surgery) M = Milk Alkali syndrome P = Paget disease of the bone A = Acromegaly and Addison's Disease N = Neoplasia (common cause) Z = Zolinger-Ellison Syndrome (MEN Type I) E = Excessive Vitamin D E = Excessive Vitamin A S = Sarcoidosis 0 - ArchivalUser - 12-13-2012 Found a really good mnemonic to remember major autosomal diseases. It's a visual mnemonic. Here's the link: http://www.medpreponline.com/2012/12/autosomal-dominant-diseases-mnemonic.html You must see the picture to make it work and it goes: "Osler Family is Hyper because Mary Huntington Von Turbo Sphereing MEN Across Hill." Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome (Osler) Familial hypercholesterolemia (Family Hyper) Marfan's syndrome (Mary) Huntington's disease (Huntington) Von Recklinghausen's Disease (Von) von Hippel-Lindau disease (Von) Tuberous sclerosis (Turbo) Hereditary spherocytosis (Sphereing) Multiple endocrine neoplasias (MEN) Achondroplasia (Across) Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (Hill) Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) apparently, sphereing is an activity of rolling down the hill in a plastic sphere |