It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Regardless of whether you’re studying for your ABIM board exam, USMLE Step exams (or any other medical board exam), it’s important to understand Cyanosis. Differential diagnosis of Cyanosis can be remembered by “COLD PALMS” …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Regardless of whether you’re studying for your ABIM board exam, USMLE Step exams (or any other medical board exam), it’s important to understand potential recurrent causes of miscarriage. Potential causes of miscarriage can be remembered by …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Regardless of whether you’re studying for your ABIM board exam, USMLE Step exams (or any other medical board exam), it’s important to understand Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). Today we focus on assessing the severity of CAP, …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Today we focus on Niacin deficiency. Niacin deficiency is important for clinical practice, and, hence, an important to understand for the ABIM and other medical board exams. The signs / symptoms of Niacin …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Depression is an important topic to understand for any medical board exam, including the ABIM exam or USMLE Step exams. Symptoms of depression can be remembered by the mnemonic “A SAD FACES” A = Appetite (Weight Change) S …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! In a previously Monday Mnemonic, we discussed the causes of Hypercalcemia. Today we discuss the signs of hypercalcemia Painful Bones – Painful bone condition (Classically osteitis fibrosa cystica) Renal Stones – Kidney Stones (Can ultimately lead to …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that, in the early stages, is characterized by mild signs that are often missed. These signs can be remembered by the mnemonic “SMART” S = …
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It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Today’s focus is on the secondary causes of hypertension. Following up on the secondary causes of hypertension blog post from last week, we focus on a medical mnemonic for the same. Secondary causes of …
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