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Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Nodosum - Mnemonic ... Viral: HSV, EBV, HIV ... Erythema #Nodosum #Mnemonic ... #Causes #Differential
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Obstruction - Differential ... (DISTEND HIM) ... Obstruction #SBO #Differential ... #Causes #Diagosis ... #DISTENDHIM #Mnemonic
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic ... the potential causes ... necrosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Mnemonic #MAGICDR ... #DRMAGIC #Differential
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
function of the DIP ... Finger deformity caused ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic ... JointPain #VitaminCD #Mnemonic ... #MSK #Orthopedics ... #differential # ... diagnosis #Causes
VON-CHOP Mnemonic for Orthopedic Emergencies
V - Vascular compromise (eg ischemic leg)
O - Open fracture
N - Neurological
VON-CHOP Mnemonic ... for Orthopedic ... syndrome H - Hip ... ) #VONCHOP #mnemonic ... diagnosis #consult #differential
Great Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic

S- Syphilis - Neurosyphilis, aortitis, gummas... Granulomas can form anywhere! Skin, mucosa,
Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic ... cause? ... consumption- number one cause ... Mimickers #SHALLOTS #Mnemonic ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia - Differential ... Framework BRADI Mnemonic ... #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI ... #Mnemonic
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
ejection fraction; HIV ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes