Medical Mnemonics
MEDICAL MNEMONICS AND MEMORY DEVICES
- 5Fs Mnemonic for Cholelithiasis
- A Mnemonic for Medical History (MISS FAMILY)
- ABCDE mnemonic for reading Chest X-rays
- ABCDE of Cirrhosis – Modified Child – Pugh Score
- ABUSERS: Substance Abuse
- ACT fast! Blood pressure is bad. Mnemonic for Blood Pressure Medications
- ADC VANDALISM – admission orders
- AMERICA – TIMI Score Mnemonic
- Amsel Criteria: Diagnostic Criteria for Bacterial Vaginosis
- Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis, Causes and Differential Diagnosis (MUD PILES / GOLD MARK)
- ASSOCIATE: 10 CLASSES OF DRUGS THAT ARE ABUSED
- Atrial Fibrillation (AF): Pharmacologic Cardioversion
- Atrioventricular node (AV node) blocking agents: ABCD
- CAPTOPRIL = Side effects of Ace Inhibitors
- Cardioselective beta-blockers: Beta-blockers Acting Exclusively At Myocardium
- CASE DIAGNOSED! A Great New Mnemonic for Coming Up with a Differential Diagnosis
- CATASTROPHE: Evaluating an elderly patient after a fall
- Causes of pancreatitis: I GET SMASHED
- CENTOR criteria
- CHA2DS2-VASc Score
- CHRIST: Mnemonic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome mnemonic: EMPHASIS
- CLEAT: Ribosomes wearing the CLEAT in their nightmare
- CLUSTER Headache Mnemonic
- CONSCIOUS: Mnemonic aid for distinguishing between Delirium and Dementia
- CONSCIOUS: Questions for diagnosing delirium
- COWS: Caloric testing
- Cranial Nerves – Mnemonic
- DEATH SHAFT: ADL & IADL Mnemonics
- DEATH: Life-Threatening Causes of Chest Pain
- Definition and classification of syncope and presyncope
- DIAPPERS: Treatable Causes of Urinary Incontinence
- Differential Diagnosis of Delirium – DELIRIUMS mnemonic
- Differential Diagnosis: VINDICATED MEN
- DIG FAST for symptoms of a manic episode
- DRAW: Oral anticoagulants
- Dysthymia: HE’S 2 SAD
- Early, Variable, and Late Decels
- ECG Causes of ST-segment elevation: ELEVATION
- FAILURES: Acute Heart Failure is Precipitated by FAILURES
- FAST HUGS IN BED Please! ICU Patient Care, mnemonic
- FEVER: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- FINISH: Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome
- FLAGTOP – Anterior Pituitary Hormones
- GFR & Salt, Sugar, Sex: Adrenal hormones mnemonics
- GOLDMARK vs. MUDPILES Mnemonics For Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
- HAS-BLED score
- HEADDRESS – Adolescent Interviewing
- HIST and BLAST in the Mississippi River
- How to Remember FDA Pregnancy Categories
- How to Remember USPSTF Grades
- Hyperparathyroidism or Hypercalcemia: “Stones, Bones, abdominal Groans, thrones and psychiatric overtones”
- I PASS: Mnemonic for Musculoskeletal Exam of Shoulder, Knee, etc
- JONES’ HEART: Criteria for Rheumatic Fever
- LMNOP – For Congestion in Acute Decompensated Hear Failure
- LOT – Benzos for elderly patients or those with kidney failure
- meTOPROLol
- Metoprolol Succinate vs. Tartrate
- MICRO-T for MICROcyTic anemias
- MIGRAINE acrostic
- Mnemonic for Multiple Myeloma: CRAB
- Mnemonic for Pediatric Immunizations
- MONABASH – Management of ACS
- MORPHINE’S Effects (Opioid Effects)
- MTV: Airborne diseases
- OBSTipation: Mnemonic for constipation meds
- on PAR for informed consent
- Opiate WITHDRAWALS
- OPQRST-A : The Key Features of Every Symptom
- PALM-COEIN: Classification of the Causes of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in non-pregnant women of reproductive age
- PCMH: Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Personality disorder Mnemonics
- PHATS – Metabolic Syndrome
- PIRATES Mnemonic for causes of new onset atrial fibrillation
- POEMS: Reasons why you target high vancomycin troughs (15-20)
- POUND, Diagnosis of Migraine Without Aura
- RESPIre / PRIEST / RIPE: First line TB drugs
- RMSF Acrostic for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Salter Harris Classification Mnemonic
- SEPSIS mnemonics
- SIG-E-CAPS: Depression Screening with SIG-E-CAPS
- SNOOP: Red Flags for Headache
- SpPin and SnNout
- SSRI / SNRI mnemonics
- Statin Doses: Real Americans Still Love Playing Football (Equivalent Doses for Statins)
- STOP-Bang questionnaire for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Suicide Risk Factors (SAD PERSONS)
- TACLE: Ribosomes are hit with a French TACLE
- Tamiflu = Tamivir
- TAMPER: How to determine if a diagnosis is a current diagnosis for billing purposes
- The ABCDEFs of Secondary Hypertension
- The diagnostic criteria for classic Kawasaki disease
- TRAP: The Signs of Parkinson’s Disease
- TRAUMA: Post-TRAUMAtic stress disorder
- Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure Failure
- VITAMINS ABCDEK mnemonic: Easy way to Create a Differential Diagnosis
- WATCHERS: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Weight loss Mnemonic: MEALS ON WHEELS
