Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Branches of femoral artery

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Professor femoral                  - profunda femoris destroys excellent puddings  - de ep ext ernal pud endal Superiorly excellent pudd...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Superior Orbital Fissure

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Things travelling through the superior orbital fissure - just think of several octpus/octopi: Superior oct opi - superior occulomotor ...
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Femoral Nerve

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What does the femoral nerve supply? Just think of a female (femoral) from south africa (a "saffa") called sarah who is cute. C...
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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Cytochrome P450

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Usefull stuff for remembering which drugs are induced, inhibited and metabolised by P450. Just remember these little stories:  The thi...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Immunology CD's

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When trying to remember what CD's go with which MHC classes, just remember this: *thanks to Jay for this one.

Wickham's Striae

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Here's a way to remember the eponymous-ly named Wickham's Striae: *thanks to Lucy for this one!
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Bone-oma's

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I find it difficult to remember the differences between osteoblastoma, osteoid osteoma, chondrosarcoma, and osteosarcoma. So here's how...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

HIV Antiretroviral Drugs

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These drugs have ridiculous names. So this memory system may only work for me. NRTI's - just remember the four pictures: A lamb, a d...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Carpal Tunnel

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It's been a while since the last Really Easy Way to Remember something - so here's a nice simple one to get back into it: Carpal ...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Surgical Sieve

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The consultant surgeon turns to you and barks "What are the causes of ____ " - all eyes are now on you to remember your surgical ...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sulfonamides

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More additions to the antibiotic range.... Sulfonamides (f vs. ph?? - it's an f in the BNF) are:     TRI methoprim     Co TRI moxa...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Monoclonal Tumour Markers

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CA 125 = Ovarian Cancer CA 19-9 = Pancreatic Cancer CA 15-3 = Breast Cancer   *these are usual associations , it is possible that e...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Alternative Bristol Stool Chart

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Can't take the credit for this one (was one of my lecturer's) - it's a pretty good way of taking a bowel habit history:
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

B-cell lymphoma genetic links

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Genetics of lymphomas - translocations cause overexpression of the following genes which cause the disease: myc - Burkitts + B & T-cel...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Kartagener's Syndrome

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Here's another eponymous syndrome named Kartagener's (German physician, 1933)*. It's a triad of features: Dextrocardia or Situ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

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Disease of the immunocompromised. Acute onset focal neurological deficit, usually hemispherical (hemiparesis, visual field disturbance). Can...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

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Another eponymous syndrome named by a French physician at the turn of the century. It is an acute, inflammatory, post-infectious, ascendi...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Pleural Effusions

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Pleural effusions can be exudative (>30g/L protein) or transudative (<30g/L protein). Things that commonly cause effusions of each typ...
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