Tag: RLQ Pain DDx Mnemonic
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Causes of Apple Core Sign Mnemonic: “IDEAL”
I still remember the day when Dr. Basit Khan (our Consultant General Medicine and walking-talking UpToDate) looked at a barium enema and declared:
“Apple core...
Calcified Lungs Metastasis Differentials Mnemonic: “BOB CAT”
So there I was, standing beside the CT workstation during a sleepy post-call round when Dr. Danish Ramzan peeked over and said,
“Yaar, this lung...
Air trapping in lungs differentials (DDx): “BOAST CV”
You’re reviewing a CT chest (inspiratory and expiratory) and you notice that patchy areas of lung refuse to deflate like the last balloons at...
Cannonball Metastases – Mnemonic: “CRASH”
You’re looking at a chest X-ray, and you see those dramatic, round, well-circumscribed opacities scattered across both lung fields — classic cannonball metastases. 💣
It's...
OSLER-WEBER-RENDU SYNDROME Mnemonic: “TEACH”
Let’s talk about a syndrome that makes every intern sweat during ward rounds and every examiner smile during vivas: Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome, also known (less...
Crohn’s disease X-Ray Features Mnemonic: “CHRONS”
When you're rushing through a barium follow-through, one eye on the clock, the other on the resident who forgot to remove the ECG leads...
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Causes Mnemonic: “BATS”
There are few phrases in medicine that immediately tighten the sphincters of both the clinician and the patient quite like "sudden onset worst headache...
RLQ Pain Differential Mnemonic: “APPENDICITIS”
There’s a special place in medicine reserved for the mysterious and often misleading Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) pain. It’s the abdominal equivalent of “It’s...
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Management Mnemonic
There are few things that can disrupt your otherwise uneventful night shift like a young patient from Washuk, Balochistan showing up with palpitations, a...
DKA Precipitants Mnemonic: The Famous 5 I’s
There are few things in medicine that get your adrenaline pumping faster than seeing a patient roll into the ER with fruity breath, Kussmaul...
