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Edwards' syndrome: characteristics
EDWARDS: Eighteen (trisomy) Digit overlapping flexion Wide head Absent intellect (mentally retarded) Rocker-bottom feet Diseased heart Small lower jaw Show Details / Rate It ---Monika Kiripolsky Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Rating    9.73 11 votes
Mania: cardinal symptoms
DIG FAST: Distractibility Indiscretion (DSM-IV's "excessive involvement in pleasurable activities") Grandiosity Flight of ideas Activity increase Sleep deficit (decreased need for sleep) Talkativeness (pressured speech) Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor	Rating    9.57 7 votes
Imprinting diseases: Prader-Willi and Angelman
"Pray to an Angel": Prader-Willi and Angelman are the 2 classic imprinting diseases. · Which disease results, depends on whether 15q deletion is maternal or paternal. Keep them straight by: Paternal is Prader-Willi. · See diagram for cardinal symptom of each disease. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin	Rating    9.50 8 votes
Allopurinol: indications
STORE: Stones (history of renal stones) Tophaceous gout (chronic) Over-producers of urate Renal disease Elderly · Bonus: Probenecid indications are basically the opposite of STORE (no renal stone history, etc.). Show Details / Rate It ---Hugo M. Rodriguez, MD University of Virginia Roanoke-Salem Program	Rating    9.33 3 votes
Cerebellar damage symptoms
VANISHED: Vertigo Ataxia Nystagmus Intention tremor Slurred (or Staccato) speech Exagerrated broad based gait Hypotonic reflexes Dysdiadochokinesia. Show Details / Rate It ---Nawal Bahal King's College, London	Rating    9.28 102 votes
Hypoglycaemia: causes
"How to EXPLAIN hypoglycemia": EXogenous drugs (insulin, oral hypoglycemics, alcohol, pentamidine, quinine, quinolones) Pituitary insufficency (no GH or cortisol) Liver failure (no glycogen stores) Adrenal failure (no cortisol) Insulinomas/ Immune hypoglycemia Non-pancreatic neoplasms (retroperitoneal sarcoma) Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor	Rating    9.25 4 votes
Citric acid cycle compounds
"Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer?": Citrate Isocitrate alpha Ketogluterate Succinyl CoA Succinate Fumerate Malate Oxaloacetate Show Details / Rate It ---Ramon Ter-Oganesyan and Rebecca University of California Irvine	Rating    9.24 130 votes
Argyll-Robertson Pupil features
Argyll Robertson Pupil (ARP) Read it from front to back: it is ARP, standing for Accomodation Reflex Present. Read it from back to front: it is PRA, standing for Pupillary Reflex Absent. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor	Rating    9.23 26 votes
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome: cause and common feature
"Ramsay Hunt": · Etiology: Reactivated Herpes zoster · Complication: Reduced Hearing Show Details / Rate It ---Rinku S. Uberoi UNIBE	Rating    9.22 18 votes
Basophil vs. eosinophils: effect for allergic persons
Basophils are "Bad-o-phils" because they contribute to our allergic reactions. Eosinophils are "Easy-on-me-phils" because they counteract our allergic reactions. Show Details / Rate It ---Andrew Hammer	Rating    9.18 40 votes
Einthoven's Triangle: organization
Corners are at RA (right arm), LA (left arm), LL (left leg). Number of L's at a corner tell how many + signs are at that corner [eg LL is ++]. Sum of number of L's of any 2 corners tells the name of the lead [eg LL-LA is lead III]. For reference axes, the negative angle hemisphere is on the half of the triangle drawing that has all the negative signs; positive angle hemisphere contains only positive signs. · See diagram. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin	Rating    9.17 53 votes
RLQ pain: differential
APPENDICITIS: Appendicitis/ Abscess PID/ Period Pancreatitis Ectopic/ Endometriosis Neoplasia Diverticulitis Intussusception Crohns Disease/ Cyst (ovarian) IBD Torsion (ovary) Irritable Bowel Syndrome Stones Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor	Rating    9.16 25 votes
Interossei muscles: actions of dorsal vs. palmar in hand
"PAd and DAb": The Palmar Adduct and the Dorsal Abduct. · Use your hand to dab with a pad. Show Details / Rate It ---Dr. Atif Farooq and Anonymous Contributor Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan and Not Specified	Rating    9.16 19 votes
Duchenne vs. Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) : Doesn't Make Dystrophin. Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD): Badly Made Dystrophin (a truncated protein). Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin	Rating    9.14 21 votes
COPD: blue bloater vs. pink puffer diseases
emPhysema has letter P (and not B) so Pink Puffer. chronic Bronchitis has letter B (and not P) so Blue Bloater. Show Details / Rate It ---Harsh Sharma BJMC, Pune, India	Rating    9.13 69 votes
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