Pathology Mnemonics

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Kawasaki Disease Criteria
"Be careful when riding a Kawasaki motorcycle, you might get CREAMed.
Conjunctivitis (non-exudative)
Rash (polymorphous non-vesicular)
Edema (or erythema of hands or feet)
Adenopathy (cervical, often unilateral)
Mucosal involvement (erythema or fissures or crusting)
To have Kawasaki disease you must have fever for greater than 5 days plus 4 of the above.

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Achalasia: 1 possible cause, 1 treatment
aCHAlasia:
1 possible cause: CHAgas' disease
1 treatment: Ca++ CHAnnel blockers

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MI: post-MI complications
ACT RAPID:
Arrhythmias (SVT, VT, VF)
Congestive cardiac failure
Tamponade/ Thromboembolic disorders
Rupture (ventricle, septum, papillary muscle)
Aneurysm (ventricle)
Pericarditis
Infaction (a second one)
Death/ Dressler's syndrome

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MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI
"Time to CALL 911":
· From first to appear to last:
Troponin
CK-MB
AST
LDH1

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Pick's disease: location, action, epidemiology
· See figure.
Pick axes are Picking away at the old woman's cerebral cortex, causing cortical atrophy.
2 pick axes on her brain: frontal lobe and anterior 1/3 of temporal.
An old woman, since epidemiology is elderly & more common in women.

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Bronchial obstruction: consequences
APPLE BABE:
Atelectasis
Pleural adhesions
Pleuritis
Lipid pneumonia
Effusion->organisation->fibrosis
Bronchiectasis
Abscess
Broncho and lobar pneumonia
Emphysema

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Respiratory distress syndrome in infants: major risk factors
PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a cause of Respiratory distress syndrome):
Prematurity
Cesarean section
Diabetic mother

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Carcinomas having tendency to metastasize to bone
"Particular Tumours Love Killing Bone":
Prostate
Thyroid
Lung
Kidney
Breast

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Takayasu's disease is Pulseless disease
"Can't Tak'a ya pulse" (Can't take your pulse):
Takayasu's disease known as Pulseless disease, since pulse is weakened in the upper extremities.

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MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI
"C-AST-Le" (castle):
CK-MB first
AST second
LDH third
· Also: can use the last 'E' for ESR.