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A couple for you budding surgeons out there: Enterocutaneous fistulas are likely to develp in patients who have a FRIEND: F-foreign body; R-radiation;I-inflammation or infection; E-epithelialization;N-neoplasm; D- distal obstruction.
Reasons for dialysis: AEIOU A-acidosis;E-electrolytes(especially hyperkalemia)I - intoxicants(ethylene glycol);O- overload (as in kidneys don’t work and you are fluid overloaded); U-unable to stop bleeding(uremia wipes out platelets so your patient bleeds). Enjoy these! Natalie
For the Periodic Table: Going from Boron to Neon, this is useful for remembering oxidation numbers, relative electron affinities, etc.: Bored Cats Nod Off Fast and Neatly ==> Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine and Neon …what ever makes things stick to one’s neurons!
learned a great one yesterday at the family practice office - woman came in with 36h of watery profuse diarrhea. The attending said to me, “Probably rotavirus - you know, Right Out The Ass.” I hadn’t heard it before but it will definitely stick now!!!
