Statin Doses: Real Americans Still Love Playing Football (Equivalent Doses for Statins)

MNEMONICS

Real Americans Still Love Playing Football (Equivalent Doses for Statins) Gives you six Statin drugs with equivalent doses doubling from 10, 20, 40, 80 and stay at 80, 80. Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin, Simvastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Fluvastatin Rosuvastatin(10)=...

ACT fast! Blood pressure is bad. Mnemonic for Blood Pressure Medications

MNEMONICS

Blood pressure is bad, so you need to ACT fast ACE/ARB; CCB; Thiazide These are the three recommended classes of anti-hypertensives to start with for the general population according to JNC 8. You start with any of the three. Thiazides are no longer given preference...

I PASS: Mnemonic for Musculoskeletal Exam of Shoulder, Knee, etc

MNEMONICS

I PASS I PASS stands for Inspection, Palpation, Active ROM (& Passive ROM), Strength, Special Tests. This is a good mnemonic for doing Musculoskeletal exams e.g. shoulder, knee, etc. Inspection Palpation Active ROM Strength Special tests Inspection – key...

CAPTOPRIL = Side effects of Ace Inhibitors

MNEMONICS

CAPTOPRIL = Side effects of Ace Inhibitors Cough Angioedema / Agranulocystosis Potassium increases Taste changes Orthostatic hypotension Pregnancy contraindication / Pancreatitis/ Pressure drop (first dose hypertension) Renal failure (and renal artery stenosis...

Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis, Causes and Differential Diagnosis (MUD PILES / GOLD MARK)

ACID-BASE DISTURBANCES, DDx, MNEMONICS

A) Causes of Increased Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis MUD PILERS Methanol (antifreeze, windshield fluid, fuel, solvents), Ethanol, etc. Methanol is metabolized to formic acid. And formic acid gives off the H+ that is picked up by bicarb, leaving its conjugate base to...

CLEAT: Ribosomes wearing the CLEAT in their nightmare

MNEMONICS

In the country of bacterial ribosomes, people dream like everywhere else. When a person has a nightmare, it is always a picture of a ribosome making some progress in life only to find himself wearing soccer CLEATs. It’s also a sign of bad luck to have CLEATs...