Friday, February 20, 2015

Behold Nigeria's Most Expensive University Emerges

Afe Babalola university ado-ekiti emerges as the most expensive university due to the current hike in school fees with medical students paying about 2.6million naira per session! 

Funny right? 

Advice to jambites: put your head were your cash is... 
We have cheaper schools in the north where you could pay only 35k a session! e. g Unimaid  lol....

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

NEW MNEMONICS FOR YOU

ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Oral
Rectal
Inhalation
Transdermal
Topical
Sublingual
Intravenous
Subcutaneous
Intramuscular
*Red often suits tall Indian temptresses
probably in Indian summers
NB: 'probably' in the mnemonic stands for 'parenteral' as the 3 routes of drug administration are parenteral...

STAGES OF ERYTHROCYTES MATURATION
Proerythrocyte
Basophil erythrocyte
Polychromatophilic erythrocyte
Orthochromic erythrocyte
Reticulocyte
Erythrocyte

*Proud babes pick only rich elders

BRANCHES OF FEMORAL ARTERY
Superficial epigastric
Superficial iliac circumflex
Superficial external pudendal
Deep external pudendal
Deep femoral
Descending genicular

*Screw stupid sources, develop defining discoveries

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Biochemistry mnemonic; Folate deficiency, Niacin deficiency, Infantile Beriberi symptoms

Folate deficiency: causes

A FOLIC DROP:

Alcoholism
Folic acid antagonists
Oral contraceptives
Low dietary intake
Infection with Giardia
Celiac sprue
Dilatin
Relative folate deficiency
Old
Pregnant

Niacin deficiency: signs and symptoms

The famous 4 D's:

Diarrhoea
Dermatitis
Dementia
Death (if untreated) 

Infantile Beriberi symptoms

Restlessness
Sleeplessness
Breathlessness
Soundlessness (aphonia)
Eatlessness (anorexia)
Great heartedness (dilated heart)

Sunday, February 15, 2015

BASED ON SPECIAL REQUEST. MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY MNEMONIC FOR BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS.

Foolish People Take Crude Liquor At Sallah And Christmas, Such People Have Fever.


 1. Fibrinogen. 2. Prothrombin. 3. Thromboplastin 4. Calcium. 5. Labile factor. 6. Absent (not proved). 7. Stable Factor. 8. Antihemophilic factor. 9. Christmas factor. 10. Stuart Prower Factor. 11. Plasma Thromboplastin Antecedent. 12. Hageman factor. 13. Fibrin-stabilizing factor 

Saturday, February 14, 2015

MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY hemistry; GLYCOLYSIS STEPS AND ENZYMES MNEMONICS

STEPS

"Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies":

Glucose
Glucose-6-P
Fructose-6-P
Fructose-1,6-diP
Dihydroxyacetone-P
Glyceraldehyde-P
1,3-Biphosphoglycerate
3-Phosphoglycerate
2-Phosphoglycerate (to)
Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP]
Pyruvate
� 'Did', 'By' and 'Pies' tell you the first part of those three: di-, bi-, and py-.
� 'PrEPare' tells location of PEP in the process.

ENZYMES

"High Profile People Act Too Glamorous, Picture Posing Every Place":

Hexokinase
Phosphoglucose isomerase
Phosphofructokinase (PFK)
Aldase A
Triose phosphate isomerase
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Phosphoglycerate mutase
Enolase
Pyruvate kinase

Friday, February 13, 2015

Physiology mnemonic: Einthoven's Triangle: organization

Corners are at RA (right arm), LA (left arm), LL (left leg).
Number of L's at a corner tell how many + signs are at that corner [eg LL is ++].
Sum of number of L's of any 2 corners tells the name of the lead [eg LL-LA is lead III].
For reference axes, the negative angle hemisphere is on the half of the triangle drawing that has all the negative signs; positive angle hemisphere contains only positive signs.

ANATOMY MNEMONIC : Duodenum: lengths of parts

"Counting 1 to 4 but staggered":

1st part: 2 inches
2nd part: 3 inches
3rd part: 4 inches
4th part: 1 inch

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Trigeminal nerve: where branches exit skull

"Standing Room Only":
Superior orbital fissure is V1
foramen Rotundum is V2
foramen Ovale is V3

Mnemonic Sub :Anesthesiology; Failed intubation

INTUBATION:

Infections of larynx

Neck mobility abnormalities

Teeth abnormalites (eg poor dentifom, loose and protuberant teeth)

Upper airway abnormalities, strictures, or swellings

Bullsneck deformities

Ankylosing spondylitis

Trauma/ Tumour

Inexperience

Oedema of upper airway

Narrowing of lower airway