Jones Criteria

I know they are quite simple to memorize. But for some weird reason, I never recollect them instantaneously!! So, here is a mnemonic from “Kaplan USMLE Step 2 Notes”

J: Joints (Arthritis)O: O stands for heart!! (Carditis)N: NodulesE: Erythema migransS: Syndeham Chorea

Chronic BronchitisI know, its definition is quite complicated but well we are supposed to know it. I just came across this book called “Medical mnemonic comics: Resp. Diseases” and whoa there was a good mnemonic in it (rest of books is full of some carp drawings, really a comic!!)

1,2,3 rule

Cough for 3 mths every year (thats 1) for 2 years.

Neat!!

WPW??

Well, if you guys also have trouble remembering the drug of choice for treatment of Wolf-Parkinson-White (looks like a wolf ate a white with Parkinsons. he..he..), worry no more. Its quite simple actually.

WPW Procainamide

Just to side track, dude never use CCB or beta blockers. Thats a big, BIG mistake!!

Drug HypersensitivityNow don't be pimped anymore!!! Just remember the drugs which typically cause hypersensitivity reactions with my mnemonic. Just remember the word “P”

PenicillinsPhenytoinPain Killers (NSAIDS)Pee drugs (Sulfonamides!!, they treat UTI idiot)

Kewl eh... Thank you, thank you!!!

Kernig Sign

OK, like me perhaps you also often get confused between Kernig and Brudzinski signs of meningeal irritation. So, here is a mnemonic from “Medicine Recall”

K for KernigK for Knee

Just to side track: In Kernig, you extend a flexed knee and patient reports pain. In Brudzinski, you passively flex neck and patient flexes knee.

Cyanotic Heart Diseases

This is my favorite mnemonic. It's awesome!! I first read it in “Pediatrics Recall”

1-2-3-4-5 Ts:

Truncus Arteriosus (1 vessel)Transposition of the (two) great vesselsTricuspird Atresia.Tetralogy of FallotTotal Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (has 5 words)

Amox Vs. Ampi

Which one is PO and which is IV?? Confusing?? Not anymore!!!

Amoxicillin: O for POAmpicillin: I for IV

I made this one myself :-D

SIADH

They call it Syndrome of “Inappropriate” ADH secretion, but what wrong would they have done if they had called it Syndrome of “Increased” ADH secretion!! That way it would have been easy on our neurons, but WTF!!

SIADH: Increased ADH

Bupropion Vs. Buspirone

This one is very confusing, for these two drugs sound similar but are altogether different and no matter what, they are always present in options!! Here is a mnemonic from “Prep4USMLE forums”

Buspirone: Ansiety (i.e its a anti-anxiety drug)Bupropion: Proper behavior (i.e. Its used in drug withdrawl)

On a side note: Buspirone is a 5-HT agonist and Bupropion is a TCAD.

Horner Syndrome

This one is funny (and I think I made it!!). Sometimes even Hollywood helps us med students too!! If you can't think what's so horny about Horner, think PAM

P: Ptosis

A: Anhidrosis

M: Miosis

Changes from Kid to Teenage

This always used to baffle me, till I made this mnemonic MYSELF!! This is cool but it belongs to a category of mnemonic which I hate the most!!

Always Adrenarche 6-8 yrsGo Gonadarche 8-9 yrsTowards Thelarche 9-10 yrsPuberty Pubarche 10-11 yrsWith WTF !!! (Can ignore this!!)Growth & Growth Spurt 11-12 yrsMotivation Menarche 12-13 yrs

EOM supply

This is quite famous. You might be familiar with this one. Looks like a chemical formula!! (No doubt, because eyes are involved in lot of Chemistry!! Silly joke, never mind)

LR6SO

4AO

3

Gardner Syndrome

This one is for remembering the classic associative findings seen with Gardner Syndrome. Think of a Gardner planting SOD.(SOD is a kind of grass used to make turf, I just googled it!!)

S: Sebaceous cystsO: OsteomasD: Desmoid tumors (i.e. Soft tissue

tumors)

This one is from “Surgical Recall”

Hemophilia

This one is truly for retards!! Its from “Surgical Recall”

Hemophilia A: Factor Aight deficiencyHemophilia B: You got it, 9 it is!!

PS: After reading this mnemonic, I almost write “eight” as “aight” these days. Too much study, eh...

3-6-9 Rule

Its not as hi-fi as it sounds. Its mainly for those interested in Surgery and yes, again its from “Surgical Recall”. Its basically to remember diameters of bowel!!

3cm: Small intestine6cm: Colon except cecum9cm: Cecum (Cecum is the broadest

part of GIT, I did not know that!!)

Argyll Robertson Pupil

This is one of the whackiest mnemonic!! I just love it and perhaps you might be knowing this one.

“Accommodates but does not react”

PS: Who wants sex with a prostitute who doesn't react!!

Primary Amenorrhea “Square”

OK...this is in every book. Its just too good!!

Uterus + Uterus -

Breast + Dude, that's supposed to Mullerian Agenesis (RKH syndrome, be normal 46,XY) OR testicular feminization

Breast - Turner syndrome (FSH raised) Dude, thats rare!!OR

HPO axis failure (FSH low)

Rare “Square”Hmmm...its terribly difficult to remember stuff when the attending pimps you on rounds especially if that stuff happens to be those rare metabolic errors. Euw... Here is an aid from ME!!

Cherry red spot + CRS -

HSM + Niemann-Pick Gaucher(glucocerebrosidase def.)

HSM - Tay Sachs Krabbe(galactocerebrosidase def.)

Burger “attacks”

This is stupid but can ruin your day!!

Berger: IgA nephropathyBuerger: Smokers vasculitis

See, told ya... Now how to remember?? Mnemnic is more stupid so forgive me!! “Bu” sounds like boo...boo... and smoking is certainly a boo!!

This stupid mnemonic originates from my stupid mind.

Some “murmur” shit

Squatting “squashes” HOCM murmur. (Dude, murmur of HOCM decreases with squatting)Regurgitant murmurs are “squeezed” with handgrip. (Simple, handgrip test increases intenstity of MR)

Both these “gem” of mnemonics are from “Cardiology made ridiculously simple”...the name says it all, but this book is more complicated than what it says...looks can be deceiving!!

CN lesionsThis is perhaps the most simple mnemonic, but I found out about this only about 2 yrs. Into my med school!!! Very useful for clinical years. Its from “Neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple” (MUST read this book!!!)

Midbrain lesions affect: CN 1,2,3,4 (of course I know CN 1and 2 don't come from midbrain but atleast 3 and 4 do and c'mon its a mnemonic not a dissertation!!)

Pons lesions affect: CN 5,6,7,8

Medulla lesions affect: CN 9,10,11,12

Kewl, eh...

Pimp the attending!!

This one is for fun!! Did you guys know what Warfarin stands for???

WARFarin: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

But why “arin”?? May be its like WARF “are in”!!! Never mind, one of my stupid jokes!! But fun anyways!!

Similarly Lasix is so called because its action last 6 hrs!! (This I first read in “Medical Mnemonics” with moral that talking to pharmaceutical representatives can help and of course we can pimp them too!!)

Anemia cutoffs

This is I made myself!!

Adult male: <13 gm/dlAdult female (non-pregnant): <12Children: <11Pregnant female: <10

Kewl, right!! Well, well may be I am a genius!!

Chinese or Japanese??

So, guys if you always get confused between those Kawasaki and Takayasu, just thank me for I come here with fruit from my mnemonic field!!Kawasaki: Chinese children (S and C sound similar)Takayasu: Sounds Japanese like Ryotsu (from Kochikame) if you have ever watched that funny Manga TV series!! So Takayasu affects Japanese!!

Triple testThis one confuse me a bit...so its here. Again

creation of my mind!!

MSAFP βhCG Estriol

Down ↓ ↑ ↓

Edward ↓ ↓ ↓

So what’s the mnemonic!! Well Down pts. Live till 40s right and deliver pretty OK, so we can think that their pregnancy is kinda healthy... so has raised hCG levels!!!

Which breast??

Hmm...either breast is fine if you are talking sex!! But no we are talking about breast cancer and those carcinomas in situ, DCIS and LCIS. So here is an aid from Surgical Recall to recollect;

DCIS: Directly in same breastLCIS: Liberally in either breast

You know what it means. Isn't it good??