Hi there, just wanted say I love your site (I’m a last year med student) and especially the mnemonics. You’ve got quite the collection! Maybe I can add another one: Otis Campbell. I’m sure you can find out what it stands for and what it’s a mnemonic for. Please keep this site going, I love it!

Thank you very much! Google tells me it stands for Seizure inducing drugs.

Drugs used for the treatment of Erwing sarcoma

 VODCA 

V-vincristine
O
D-doxorubicin
C-cyclophosphamide
A-actinomycin-D

Rolling hernia (Paraoesophageal hernia) : clinical features

ABCDEFGH

Abdominal pain
Bloating (post prandial bloating)
Chest pain, Cardiac abnormality (arrhythmia)
Dysphagia , Dyspnoea
Elderly (common)
Features with Gangrene/bleeding/perforation
Hiccough

Sperm pathway through male reproductive tract

SEVEN UP:

Seminiferous tubules

Epididymis

Vas deferens

Ejaculatory duct

<Nothing>

Urethra

Penis

Hazards of transfusion
FATHER MOTHER

F=Febrile reaction
A=Allergic reaction
T=Thrombophlebitis
H=Haemosiderosis
E=Embolism
R=Reactions due to stored blood

M=Massive transfusion
O=Overload (circulatory)
T=Transmit infections
H=Haemolytic transfusion reaction
E=derrange Erythropoiesis
R=Reactions due to infected blood

Endometriosis: Symptoms

5 “D”s
Dysmenorrhoea
Disorders of menstruation
Dyspareunia
Dyschezia
Dull ache of abdomen

Murmurs: innocent murmur features 8 S’s:

Soft
Systolic
Short
Sounds (S1 & S2) normal
Symptomless
Special tests normal (X-ray, EKG)
Standing/ Sitting (vary with position)
Sternal depression

Diaphragm apertures: spinal levels
Aortic hiatus = 12 letters = T12
Oesophagus = 10 letters = T10
Vena cava = 8 letters = T8

or Voice of America ( VOA ) > 8,10,12

Hypersensitivity Reaction
“ACID”
Type I - A-naphylaxis
Type II - C-ytotoxic - mediated
Type III -I-mmune - complex
Type IV - D-elayed hypersensitivity

For all those studying pharmacology

CEPHALOSPORINS

1st gen : after the Cef,are followed by A…eg CefAzolin, CefAclor…exception CefRadine

2nd Gen:after Cef, other vowels eg CefOxitin, CefUroxime

3rd Gen: after the Cef,a consonant eg CefPirome, CefTazidine exceptions Cefotaxime en Cefixime

Hepatitis: transmission routes
“Vowels are bowels”:
Hepatitis A and E transmitted by fecal-oral route. 

Down syndrome pathology

DOWN:
Decreased alpha-fetoprotein and unconjugated estriol (maternal)
One extra chromosome twenty-one
Women of advanced age
Nondisjunction during maternal meiosis

Metronidazole’s clinical uses: Get on the metro! 
Giardiasis Entamoeba Trichomonas on the Metronidazole.

Microcytic anemia: causes

“Find Those Small Cells”

Fe deficiency
Thalassemia
Sideroblastic
Chronic disease