Podiatry Mnemonics: Simplify Foot and Ankle Medicine
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Arthritides: the six classifications: “Round COINS“:
- Rheumatoid diseases (inflammation of synovium)
- Crystal depositions (gout, pseudogout)
- Osteoarthritis
- Infections
- Neuropathy
- SLE, mixed scleroderma
- Author: Samuel Atom Baek-Kim
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Blue toe (microembolic toe): CAVEMAN:
- Cholesterol embolizations
- Atrial fib with electricity or digitoxin
- Valvular problems
- Endocarditis
- Mural thrimbosis
- Aneurysm/ AV fistula
- Nothing
- Author: Samuel Atom Baek-Kim
C
Charcot’s joints: common disorders: “Come See A Handsome DPM“:
- Congenital insenisitivity to pain
- Syringomyelia/ Spina bifida
- Alcoholism
- Hansen’s disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Menigomyelocele
- Author: Samuel Mae Baek-Kim
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Diabetic neuropathy types: DPM:
- Distal, symmetric, polyneuropathy
- Proximal diabetic neuropathy
- Mononeuritis muliplex
- Author: Samuel Atom Baek-Kim Tuckahoe, New York
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TIA: internal carotid vs. vertebrobasilar: MD vs. DPM Internal carotid:
- Monocular blindness (amaurox fugax)
- Dominant hemisphere (apahsia)
- The weakness or numbness is still less in the legs.
- Vetebrobasilar:
- Diplopia/ Double blindness
- Paralysis (quadriplesia)
- Motor weakness (ipsilateral)
- Ataxia is characteristic in veterbrobasilar lesions.
- Author: Samuel Atom Baek-Kim Tuckahoe, New York
