NEUROLOGICAL MNEMONICS:

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ( ADL) CASE

DEATH

D: DRESSING
E: EATING
A: AMBULATION
T: TOILETING
H: HYGIENE (OBSERVE FOR HYGIENE OF THE PATIENT)

INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ( IADL) : SHAFT CASE

S: SHOPPING
H: HOUSE KEEPING
A: ACCOUNTING (MANAGING THE BILLS)
F FOOD PREPARATION
T: TRANSPORTATION

CONFUSION AND MEMORY LOSS

ASH V BDN
ALZHEIMER’S
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
HYPOTHYROID
VASCULAR DEMENTIA
B12 DEFICIENCY
DEPRESSION
NP HYDROCEPHALUS

DIZZINESS:
MOB PAL
MENIERE'S DISEASE
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
BENIGN POSITIONAL VERTIGO
PER LYMPHATIC FISTULA
ACOUSTIC NEURONAL
LABYRINTHITIS

DEPRESSION
A BB C D S
ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
BEREAVEMENT
BIPOLAR 1
CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER
DYSTHYMIC DISORDER
SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER

DEPRESSION CASE
SIGEMCAPS
Sleep changes,
Interest lost,
Guns/pills at home,
Guilty about the current situation
ENERGY LOSS,
Mood and memory,
Concentration,
Appetite, ATTENTION
Psychomotor retardation), heavy limbs or abnormally tired
Suicidal intent an d any
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EYE PAIN
THAACCD
TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY
ACUTE ANGEL GLAUCOMA
ANTERIOR UVEITIS
CORNEAL ABRASION
CATARACTS
CONJUNCTIVITIS
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

EAR PAIN
COMET
CARMEN IMPACTION
OTITIS EXTERNA OR MEDIA
MIDDLE EAR TUMOR
EAR CANAL OBSTRUCTION
TEMPORAL MANDIBULAR JOINT INFECTION

EAR HEARING LOSS

COCHLEAR POOMA
COCHLEAR DAMAGE
PRESBYCUSIS
OTOSCLEROSIS
OTOTOXIC
MENIERE'S DISEASE
ACOUSTIC NEURONAL

FATIGUE CAUSES DD/DX

IMPADH + SLEEP APNEA
Infections,
malignancy and MG,
PTSD,
anemia and abuse,
diabetes and depression,
hypothyroidism
Sleep apnea

FATIGUE
CCHOPAAD
COLON CA
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
HYPOTHYROID
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
PANCREATIC CA PTSD
ANXIETY
ANEMIA
DEPRESSION

HEADACHE
MC HITTS
MIGRAINE, MENINGITIS
CLUSTER
HEMORRHAGE SUB ARACHNOID’S
INTRACRANIAL BLEED
TENSION
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
SINUSITIS

INSOMNIA
CHIPSS
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISORDER
CAFFEINE INDUCED
HYPERTHYROID
INSOMNIA WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DIS
PRIMARY HYPERSOMNIA
STRESS INDUCED
SLEEP APNEA OBSTRUCTIVE

INSOMNIA COUNSELING
A AVOID
B: BED TIME
C: CONCERNS (WORRIES),
D: DRUG CAFFEINE ALCOHOL: EXERCISE, EXCITEMENT (TV SHOWS),
F: FOLLOW G: GOOD H: HYGIENE / HABITS
I: **
J: JET LAG
K: KEEP
L: LIST (DIARY)
M: MONITOR

LOC
SACC VD
SEIZURE DISORDER
AORTIC STENOSIS
CONVULSIVE SYNCOPE
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
DRUG INDUCED HYPO TENSION

MEMORY VANISHED DD/DX

MEDS
VASCULAR EVENT (STROKE)
ALZHEIMER’S DS
ALCOHOL
ARRHYTHMIA
NP HYDROCEPHALUS
INTRACRANIAL BLEED
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
HYPOTHYROID
HYPOGLYCEMIA
HEAD INJURY
EMOTIONAL (DEPRESSION)
DEMENTIA
DELIRIUM
DRUG ABUSE

NOSE BLEED
HEATS D
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
EPISTAXIS
ALCOHOL TOXICITY
TYLENOL TOXICITY
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
DRUG ABUSE

NUMBNESS AND WEAKNESS:

MD BSSTH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
B12 DEFICIENCY
SEIZURE
STROKE
TIA
HYPOGLYCEMIA

PSYCHIATRIC
SHED BP
SCHIZOPHRENIA
HYPERTHYROID
ETOH W/D
DEPRESSION WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES
BIPOLAR WITH PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOSIS 2 TO DRUG ABUSE
TREMOR
PHEP MD
PARKINSON’S DS
HYPERTHYROID
ESSENTIAL TREMOR
PHYSIOLOGICAL TREMOR
MIDBRAIN LESION
DRUG INDUCED TREMOR