Friday, May 5, 2017
Kangaroo mother care mnemonic
Components of Kangaroo mother care mnemonic : Baby Kangaroo HOPS in its mother's pouch ;p
H - Healthy diet provision ( breast - feeding )
O - Outpatient care ( due to early discharge )
P - Positioning of baby close to mother's chest
S - Support to mother and family
Thats all
- Jaskunwar Singh
Uric acid and struvite stones mnemonic
Well, urine is largely water which *can* be considered as transparent. That's why, uric acid stones don't show up on X-rays.
Struvite or triple phosphate stones have Proteus has the causative factor. Remember p for p
That's all!
-Sushrut Dongargaonkar
Drugs causing gingival hyperplasia mnemonic
It's important to know drugs causing hypertrophy of the gums for exam purposes.
Auditory Transduction simplified
Pigment producing mycobacteria mnemonic
There are these two mycobacteria which produce pigments- M. gordonae and M. szulgai in the dark. How to remember them?
1. A garden contains flowers which
are colourful. So you can remember M. gordonae that way.
2. Szulgai matches 'Nilgai' which is an Indian local word for the Indian
bluebuck/Indian blue bull. So the involvement of a color in the name can be correlated with pigment production.
That's all!
-Sushrut Dongargaonkar
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Beta blocker intoxication
Hello!
This is a short blog on beta blocker
intoxication.
Beta blockers acting on beta receptors have wide range of actions and uses.
Most common complication of beta blocker overuse is Cardiovascular depression like hypotension and bradycardia, impaired atrioventricular functions.
Can we give adrenergic drugs to reverse this action?
No, we can't .
Prolong use of beta blockers leads to upregulation of the beta receptors. Beta Agonists will further aggravate the adrenergic actions.
Which may cause tachycardia even arrhythmias.
Even Atropine is inconsistent in reversing the side effects
So the alternative used is Glucagon -
It stimulates cAMP synthesis independently of beta adrenergic receptors.
It has positive ionotropic and chronotropic action, thus it reverses the cardiovascular depression without causing tachycardia or other adrenergic effects.
It can also be used in calcium channels blocker overuse.
Glucagon therapy still dont have enough evidence to prove its efficiency.
Hence Judicious use of drugs is must.
Stay awesome!
~Khush
Effects of cholinergics and anticholinergics on the bladder mnemonic
Cholinergics, bethanechol, diabetes mellitus, denervation and overflow incontinence.
Anticholinergics, oxybutynin, urge incontinence.
And mnemonics. Enjoy!
Risperidone mechanism of action mnemonic
Risperidone is a second-generation antipsychotic that has affinity for D2, 5-HT2A, alpha 1, alpha 2 and H1 receptors.
The mechanism of action of risperidone is not fully understood, current theories focus mainly on its ability to block D2 and 5-HT2A receptors.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Initiation factors in eukaryotic translation mnemonic
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