MARFANS

Remember the systemic features of Marfan syndrome with

MARFANS

Mitral prolapse
Aortic dissection
Regurgitant aortic valve
Fingers long (arachnodactyly)
Arm span>height
Nasal voice (high arched palate)
Sternal excavation
 

Wernicke syndrome

WELCOME TO GOA

WErnicke syndrome is

Triad of

Global confusion

Opthalmoplegia

Ataxia

Honey Comb appearance on Chest X-ray

'CD SPLINTER'

 

Cystic fibrosis, Cystic bronchiectasis
Drugs : Busulphan, Bleomycin, Cyclophosphamide, Melphalan and Nitrofurantoin

 

Scleroderma

Pneumoconioses
Langerhan cell histiocytosis 

Interstitial lung diseases, Idiopathic interstitial fibrosis ( Fibrosing necrotizing alveolitis )
Neurofibromatosis 

Tuberous sclerosis 

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Chest X-ray

The main regions where a chest X-ray may identify problems may be summarized as ABCDEF by their first letters:

• Airways, including hilar adenopathy or enlargement
• Breast shadows
• Bones, e.g. rib fractures and lytic bone lesions
• Cardiac silhoutte, detecting cardiac enlargement
• Costophrenic angles, including pleural effusions
• Diaphragm, e.g. evidence of free air
• Edges, e.g. apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or plaques
• Extrathoracic tissues
• Fields (lung parenchyma), being evidence of alveolar filling
• Failure, e.g. alveolar air space disease with prominent vascularity with or without pleural effusions

Murmurs: right vs. left loudness

There is 'I' in the word 'RIGHT'.. So right sided murmurs are better heard during Inspiration

There is 'E' in the word 'LEFT'.. So left sided murmurs are better heard during Expiration

Beneficial actions due to PG synthesis inhibition

shared by  Siddhartha Barnawal

  5 A's

Analgesia : Prevention of pain nerve ending sensitization
Antipyresis
Antiinflammatory
Antithrombotic
Arteriosus-Ductus closure in Newborns (Its infact Ductus Arteriosus but to fit in mnemonic i used Arteriosus ductus here)

Blot tests

shared by Taishan Medical University

 

SNOW DROP

S-southern blot : DNA (D)
N-northern blot: RNA (R)
0:-------------------------- (O)
W:western blot: proteins (P)