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GI bleeding: causes

GI bleeding: causes

ABCDEFGHI:

Angiodysplasia
Bowel cancer
Colitis
Diverticulitis/ Duodenal ulcer
Epitaxis/ Esophageal (cancer, esophagitis, varices)
Fistula (anal, aortaenteric)
Gastric (cancer, ulcer, gastritis)
Hemorrhoids
Infectious diarrhoea/ IBD/ Ischemic bowel

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Medical Mnemonics :: Post-operative complications (immediate)

Medical Mnemonics  ::  Post-operative complications (immediate)

"Post-op PROBS":

 Pain
 Primary haemorrhage
 Reactionary haemorrhage
 Oliguria
 Basal atelectasis
 Shock/ Sepsis

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Medical Mnemonics :: CAGE--Alcohol Use Screening

The M-SASQ Screening Tool

1. Have you ever felt it necessary to CUT DOWN on your drinking?

2. Has anyone ever told you they were ANNOYED by your drinking?

3. Have you ever felt GUILTY about your drinking?

4. Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the morning for an EYE OPENER?

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Medical Mnemonics :: The five W's--post-operative fever

The five W's--post-operative fever

Wind--pneumonia, atelectasis
Water--urinary tract infection
Wound--wound infections
Wonderdrugs--especially anesthesia
Walking--walking can help reduce deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolus

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Vascular Occlusion as Cause of ISCHEMIA

Vascular Occlusion as Cause of ISCHEMIA

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Common Dermatologic Terms

Description of Secondary Skin Lesions

• Lichenification: A distinctive thickening of the skin that is characterized by accentuated skin-fold markings.


• Scale: Excessive accumulation of stratum corneum.


• Crust: Dried exudate of body fluids that may be either yellow (i.e., serous crust) or red (i.e., hemorrhagic crust).


• Erosion: Loss of epidermis without an associated loss of dermis.


• Ulcer: Loss of epidermis and at least a portion of the underlying dermis.


• Excoriation: Linear, angular erosions that may be covered by crust and are caused by scratching.


• Atrophy: An acquired loss of substance. In the skin, this may appear as a depression with intact epidermis (i.e., loss of dermal or subcutaneous tissue) or as sites of shiny, delicate, wrinkled lesions (i.e., epidermal atrophy).


• Scar: A change in the skin secondary to trauma or inflammation. Sites may be erythematous, hypopigmented, or hyperpigmented depending on their age or character. Sites on hair-bearing areas may be characterized by destruction of hair follicles.

Common Dermatologic Terms

• Alopecia: Hair loss; it may be partial or complete.


• Annular: Ring-shaped lesions.


• Cyst: A soft, raised, encapsulated lesion filled with semisolid or liquid contents.


• Herpetiform: Grouped lesions.


• Lichenoid: Violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that resemble those seen in lichen planus.


• Milia: Small, firm, white papules filled with keratin.


• Morbilliform: Generalized, small erythematous macules and/or papules that resemble lesions seen in measles.


• Nummular: Coin-shaped lesions.


• Poikiloderma: Skin that displays variegated pigmentation, atrophy, and telangiectases.


• Polycyclic: A configuration of skin lesions formed from coalescing rings or incomplete rings.


• Pruritus: A sensation that elicits the desire to scratch. Pruritus is often the predominant symptom of inflammatory skin diseases (e.g., atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis); it is also commonly associated with xerosis and aged skin. Systemic conditions that can be associated with pruritus include chronic renal disease, cholestasis, pregnancy, malignancy, thyroid disease, polycythemia vera, and delusions of parasitosis.

[source: Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine; 18th edition]

Last Edited: 07-09-2012

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