Sunday, December 25, 2022
Transposition of the Great Arteries: D-TGA & L-TGA (congenitally corrected TGA) mnemonic
Friday, October 21, 2022
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Low voltage criteria on ECG mnemonic
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Monday, May 30, 2022
Puedomonas mnemonic and illustration
Here's an illustration on pseudomonas for the desi students studying microbiology!
STORY OF PSUEDOMONAS :
Here is you're friend , Psuedomonas
I am pink in colour __ gram negative
I have a long red hair __ flagella
I don't have an additional jacket __ non capsulated
I live on oxygen mask __ obligate aerobe
I play Holi everyday with red , green brown and blue _ pyorubicin , pyoverdin , pyomelanin, pyocyanin.Pigments produced by psuedomonas
My Diet chart __ biochemical reactions and culture media
Biochemical diet _
• Oxidase ka Bartha __ oxidase test positive
• Hugh leifson soup __ hugh leifson media __ glucose oxidation
• Cata cola __ catalase reaction positive
Culture diet _
• Nutrient shake _ In nutrient broth forms surface pellicle ( obligate aerobe)
• Nutrient cake __ nutrient agar _with green / blue colonies , sweet odor
• Red currant cake __ blood agar __ beta hemolysis
• Yellow McConkey sauce __ McConkey agar __ yellow colonies ( doesn't belong to enterobactericea )
• Cetrimide karela fry __ selective medium for psuedomonas __ cetrimide agar
-Shreya HA
Friday, January 28, 2022
Quantification of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) mnemonic
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Parkinson's disease medication taper sequence mnemonic
Monday, January 10, 2022
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Cardiovascular drugs that can cause digoxin toxicity
A number of cardiovascular drugs predispose patients to digoxin toxicity, including verapamil, quinidine, and amiodarone. The dosage of digoxin must be reduced if given concomitantly with these drugs. The presumed mechanism underlying this interaction involves the ability of these drugs to inhibit the P-glycoprotein transporter.
Mnemonic: These drugs cause you to go whack! VAQ - Verapamil, Amiodarone, Quinidine
Other drugs to keep in mind are Diltiazem, Spironolactone, Flecainide.
Mnemonic by Huzefa Bhopalwala
References:
Waldorff S, Hansen PB, Egeblad H, Berning J, Buch J, Kjaergård H, Steiness E. Interactions between digoxin and potassium-sparing diuretics. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1983 Apr;33(4):418-23. doi: 10.1038/clpt.1983.56. PMID: 6831820.
Andrejak M, Hary L, Andrejak MT, Lesbre JP. Diltiazem increases steady state digoxin serum levels in patients with cardiac disease. J Clin Pharmacol. 1987 Dec;27(12):967-70. doi: 10.1002/j.1552-4604.1987.tb05598.x. PMID: 3437068.
Lewis GP, Holtzman JL. Interaction of flecainide with digoxin and propranolol. Am J Cardiol. 1984 Feb 27;53(5):52B-57B. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(84)90502-2. PMID: 6695818.
Koren, G., MacLeod, S. CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGOXIN INTERACTION WITH QUINIDINE, VERAPAMIL AND AMIODARONE: IN VIVO AND IN VITRO STUDIES. Pediatr Res 18, 154 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-00367
Saturday, September 18, 2021
SYNTAX score mnemonic
In the SYNTAX (Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) trial, patients with 3-vessel and left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with first-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) had lower 5-year rates of death, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, or unplanned revascularization.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Babeosis mnemonic
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Cluster Headache
Is the cluster headache giving you a headache?
Here's an easy way to remember it.
C-Conjunctival congestion
L-Lacrimation
U-Unilateral
S-same time, periodicity
T-Tearing of conjunctiva
E-Excess autonomic activity
R-Rhinorrhoea
These clinical features help us to differentiate cluster headache from other types of unilateral headaches.
Treatment includes
1. 100% Oxygen at 10-12L/min for 15-20 mins
2.Sumitriptan 6mg S/c
3. Sumitriptan 20mg and Zolmitriptan 5mg nasal spray
Remember ORAL SUMITRIPTAN DOES NOT WORK!!
That's it folks!
Happy studying!
Dr. ShilPill