MNEMONICS
MISC




ASSOCIATED
BRUISES:
MENSES,
LESIONS,
BLEED
DISORDERS,
meds,description
of
diet,

trauma,
transfusions,
nosebleeds,
gum
bleeds,hematuria,
stool
color,abuse,
anemia,
eye

hemorrhage,
hearing,
paralysis,
vertigo,
anosmia,
lethargy,fatigue,
palpitations.



PHYSICAL
EXAM:
heent,
cv,
pul,
ext,
abd,
bruised
limb



WORK
UP:
blood
smear,
bone
marrow
exam,
cbc
with
diff,
urine
analysis,
pt,
ptt
inr,

bleeding
time,
dsdna,
antidsdna



BRUISES

DATTS
VL

DIC

ANEMIA

T
CELL
HODGKIN’S
LYMPHOMA

TTP,
TRAUMA

SLE

VASCULITIS

LEUKEMIA





DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
CASE

SAFEGARDS

Do
you
feel
safe
at
home

Are
you
afraid
of
your
husband

Family
and
friends
knowledge
about
the
situation

Guns
at
home.
And
have
you
thought
of
using
it
to
harm
yourself
or
the
abuser
(anyone)

Alcohol
involvement
in
the
situation

Relationship:
what
do
you
think
about
your
husband,
what
does
the
husband
think
of

you,
how
is
the
relationship
between
husband
your
children,
has
he
ever
hurt
the
kids,


drug
involvement,

have
you
though
of
committing
suicide
as
the
way
out
of
this
relationship



















ASSOCIATED
MVA:
CONTEXT,
COUGH,
SPUTUM,
FEVER,
CHILLS,
HEAD
TRAUMA,
LOC,

HEADACHE,
VISION
CHANGES,
CONFUSION,
MEMORY
LOSS,
WEAKNESS,
NUMBNESS,

CHEST
PAIN,

palpitations,
mood.

WORK
UP:
cxr,
xray
ab,
ct
ab
pulse
oximotry,
sputum
gram
stain,
pluerocentesis,
cbc

urine
analysis.

PHYSICAL
EXAM:
Heent,
cv,
pul,
ab,
(neuro
mme,
motor,
cn,)
inspect
skin



MVA
HISTORY
CASE

AMPLE:


ALLERGIES,


MEDICATION
YOU
ARE
TAKING,


PMH,


LAST
MEAL

EVENTS
BEFORE
THE
ACCIDENT





MVA
DIFF
BREATHING
DD/DX

PPP
HRS

PNEUMOTHORAX

PLEURITIS

PNEUMONIA

HEMOTHORAX

RIB
FRACTURE

SPLENIC
RUPTURE



ASSOCIATED
RASH:
location,
flat,
raised,
blister,
changes,
what
it
first
looked
like,

duration,
new
areas,
progression,
what
happened
before
the
rash,
hot
tub
or
swimming

activities,
new
soap
or
lotions,
itchy,
swelling,
burning,
pain,
vaginal
lesions,
how
often,

insets,
camping,
travel,
fever,
chest
pain,
joint
pain,
red
eyes,
ill
contacts,
travel,

animals,
sob,
outdoors,
camping,
blisters.,
rash
on
scalp



PHYSICAL
EXAM:
HEENT,
neck,
joints,
cv,
pul
abd



WORK
UP:
cbc
with
diff,
esr,
antinuclear
antibody,
antidsdna,rf
assay,
biopsy
rash,
skin

test
for
allergen,
pft



RASH

RASH

BID
OF
PI

RA

ALLERGIC
DERMATITIS

SCABIES,
SLE

HEP
ABC

BLASTOMYCOSIS

INSET
BITE

DRUG
INDUCED
REACTION,DERMATITIS
HERPATIFORM

OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE

FOLLICULITIS

PHOTO
DERMATITIS,PSORIASIS,
PEMPHYGUS,

INFECTION



BAD
BREATH

DKA

LUNG
ABSCESS

TONSILLITIS

RENAL
FAILURE

HEPATIC
FAILURE

PERIODONTAL
ABSCESS

GERD

SINUSITIS



MOUTH
SORES:

HAS
RIPT

HERPES
SIMPLEX

APHTHOUS
STOMATITIS

SLE

REACTIVE
ARTHRITIS

IBD

PEMPHIGUS

TRAUMA



Night
sweats

MED
PIG:


Malignancy,

Endocrine:
hyperthyroidism,
pheochromocytoma,

D:
drugs,
organophosphates,
and
cholinergic
drugs,
p:


panic
attacks

Infection:
HIV
and
tuberculosis,


GAD
generalized
anxiety
disorder