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Mnemonic Monday: Too Many Monkeys*…Hypercalcemia!
3By Molly Lewis
While nutritionists may tout the benefits of “three servings a day of milk, cheese, and yogurt,” having too much calcium in your blood does not end well! Excess dietary calcium is almost never the cause of hypercalcemia, though, so what does cause a patient’s calcium to rise above 10.2 mg/dL (2.8 mmol/L)?
Mnemonic Monday: “Don’t Mess With the Pancreas!”- Mnemonics for Ranson Criteria in Pancreatitis
2By Molly Lewis
For patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, the Ranson criteria can be used to predict which patients will have poor outcomes. The criteria look at a patient’s lab values, etc., when they are admitted and then again 48 hours later.
Mnemonic Monday: Road Trip!!- Three Mnemonics for the Facial Nerve
2By Molly Lewis
Anatomy has always been one of my favorite subjects, and I love using mnemonics to remember all the details! Here are three mnemonics for the facial nerve that I found really helpful.
Mnemonic Monday: PERCH on a “Peak” – Picornavirus
2By Molly Lewis
Viruses… not only can they literally make you sick to your stomach from gastroenteritis, but trying to remember their classifications can cause significant nausea as well!
The solution? No, it’s not oral rehydration therapy or ondansetron – try a mnemonic!
Mnemonic Monday: “HEN PEcKS” – 1st + 2nd Generation Cephalosporins
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By Molly Lewis
Learning antibiotics can be quite overwhelming- trade names, generic names, spectrums of activity, side effects, etc.- so many details! To make it a bit more manageable, I used as many mnemonics as I could find or create! Here is one of my favorites.
Mnemonic Monday: “FEEL My Conjunctivitis” – Kawasaki Disease Mnemonic
1By Molly Lewis
Kawasaki disease (AKA mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) may sound like a rare entity found only in Japan, but it happens more often than you might expect- in the US, 19 children per 100,000 each year! It is a systemic vasculitis that most often affects young kids, and is idiopathic (no known cause). It can be surprisingly difficult to distinguish it from scarlet fever and erythema multiforme. So, here is a helpful mnemonic to remember the criteria for diagnosing Kawasaki’s!
Mnemonic Monday: Sweet Pumpkin Pie … A Glycolysis Mnemonic!
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By Molly Lewis
Pumpkin pie – one of my absolute favorite things!
Memorizing biochemistry pathways – um, not quite as high on the favorites list….
Joining the two = a palatable combination!
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