MNEMONICS MISC

BAD BREATH
DKA
LUNG ABSCESS
TONSILLITIS
RENAL FAILURE
HEPATIC FAILURE
PERIODONTAL ABSCESS
GERD
SINUSITIS

BRUISES
DATTS VL
DIC
ANEMIA
T CELL HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA
TTP, TRAUMA
SLE
VASCULITIS
LEUKEMIA
ASSOCIATED: 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

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
MOUTH SORES:
HAS RIPT
HERPES SIMPLEX
APHTHOUS STOMATITIS
SLE

REACTIVE ARTHRITIS
IBD
PEMPHIGUS
TRAUMA

MVA HISTORY CASE

AMPLE:
ALLERGIES,
MEDICATION YOU ARE TAKING,
PMH,
LAST MEAL
EVENTS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT

ASSOCIATED: 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 DIFF BREATHING DD/DX

PPP HRS
PNEUMOTHORAX
PLEURITIS
PNEUMONIA
HEMOTHORAX
RIB FRACTURE
SPLENIC RUPTURE
Night sweats
MED PIG:
Malignancy,
Endocrine: hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma,
D: drugs, organophosphates, and cholinergic drugs, p:
panic attacks
Infection: HIV and tuberculosis,
, G: GAD generalized anxiety disorder

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

ASSOCIATED: 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