MNEMONICS ABDOMINAL:

GI:

CONSTIPATION/DIARRHEA DD/DX
COCIID
CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
COLORECTAL CA
CELIAC DS
IBD
IBS
DIVERTICULOSIS

CONSTIPATION DD/DX
STOOLED
SURGERY, TRAUMA, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
THYROIDS DS
OXYCODONE/DRUGS
OCCULT BLOOD/COLON CANCER
LOW FIBER DIET
EXCESSIVE CALCIUM
DIABETES/GASTRO PARESIS

CONSTIPATION DD/DX
SHIILD
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
HYPOTHYROID
IBS
IBD
LOW FIBER DIET
DEPRESSION

DARK STOOL
PEGGSS TH
PUD
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
GASTRIC EROSION
GASTRITIS
SI CA
STOMACH CA
HOOKWORM
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
DIARRHEA
CHILLI
CELIAC SPRUE
WHIPPLES DS
IBS
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
LAXATIVE ABUSE
INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA

DIARRHEA
PIIIT FH
PSEUDOMEMEBRANOUS COLITIS
INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA
IBS
IBD
INFECTIOUS GASTROENTERITIS
TRAVELERS DIARRHEA
FOOD POISONING
HYPERTHYROID

DYSPHASIA DD/DX
SEE A GAME
SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
ESOPHAGI IS
ACHALASIA
GERD
AMYL TROPIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
MV STENOSIS
ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE

JAUNDICE DD/DX
CCCC4HH2
CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS
CHOLOANGIOSARCOMA
CANCER PANCREATIC
CIRRHOSIS PRIMARY BILIARY
HEPATITIS VIRAL
HEPATITIS ALCOHOL ABUSE

LIGHT STOOL
CCGG HEP ABC JS
CHOLECYSTITIS
CHOLANGITIS
GIARDIA
GALLSTONES
HEP ABC
JAUNDICE
STEATORRHEA

N/V
HUG DDP
HYPERCALCAEMIA
UTI
GASTRITIS
DM
DEPRESSION
PREG

RECTUM DRAIN bleeding per rectum

D: DIVERTICULOSIS AND DRUGS
R: RECTAL CAUSES: PILES AND FISSURES
A: ANAL CAUSES: ANAL SEX AND ANGIODYSPLASIA
I: IBS, IBD, ISCHEMIC AND INFECTIOUS COLITIS
N: NEOPLASM (COLON CANCER) AND POLYPS

RED IN THE RECTUM DD/DX

I HID UP ANA
ISCHEMIC BOWEL
HEMORRHOIDS
INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA
DIVERTICULAR BLEED
ULCERATIVE COLITIS
PROCTITIS
ANAL FISSURE
NEOPLASM
AVM

OLDER PERSON:
DAM IT
DIVERTICULOSIS
ANGIODYSPLASIA
MALIGNANCY POLYP
IBD
ISCHEMIC COLITIS
GU

BLOOD IN URINE DD/DX

BRAN PPU
BLADDER CANCER
RCC
ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
NEPHROLITHIASIS
PYELONEPHRITIS
PROSTATE CANCER

BURNING DD/DX
NUT N CPR
NONGONOCCOCAL URETHRITIS
URETHRITIS GONOCOCCAL
TRICHOMONIASIS
NEPHROLITHIASIS
CYSTITIS
PID
REITER’S SYNDROME

DARK URINE
FELLOW HAS DARK PEE DD/DX
FOODS
HEMATURIA
DEHYDRATION DRUGS
ALKAPTONURIA
RHABDOMYOLYSIS
HYPERBILIRUBIN
PAROXAMAL NOCTURNAL
HEMOGLOBINURIA

FOAMING URINE DD/DX

HHHHIMMMS
HEPATITIS C
HEPATITIS B
HEROIN
HIV
HODGKIN’S
MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
MPGN
MINIMAL CHANGE DISEASE
SLE

HEMATURIA HITTERS DD/DX

Hematological disorders or blood thinners
I infections such as UTI and Pyelonephritis
Tumors: bladder and tumors
Trauma
Exercise (myoglobinuria: red urine)
Stones

STRESS INCONTINENCE DD/DX

PAS H I M
ATROPHIC VIRGINITIES
STRESS INCONTINENCE
HYPERGLYCEMIA
UTI
MIXED INCONTINENCE
PREGNANCY

URINARY SX MALE DD/DX W/BURNING OR DISCHARGE

PP CRUBB
PROSTATE CA
PROSTITIS
CYSTITIS
RCC
URETHRITIS
BPH
BLADDER STONES

WEIGHT CHANGES

OBESITY PROBLEMS DD
OBESITY DISC
0: OSTEOARTHRITIS
B: BREATHING PROBLEMS
E: EXCESS CHOLESTEROL
SI: STRESS INCONTINENCE
T: TYPE 2 DM
Y: hypertension
D: DEPRESSION
I: INTOLERANCE (COLD)
S: SOCIAL STIGMA, SLEEP APNEA, SEX DISTURBANCES
C: CHOLELITHIASIS, CYCLICAL DISTURBANCES, CANCERS OF BREAST AND
ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS

OBESITY COUNSELING:
ABCDEF
A: AVOID ADVISE) SEDENTARY AND STEROIDS
B: BOOKS TO READ FOR
C: CHOLESTEROL CHECKS, CONSULT AND COUNSELING
D: DIETICIAN (SET UP AN APPOINTMENT)
E: EXERCISE
F: CUT DOWN ON FATTY FOODS

WEIGHT GAIN DD/DX

HPACD
HYPOTHYROID
PREG
ATYPICAL DEPRESSION
CUSHING SYN
DM

WEIGHT LOSS DD/DX

CHHAMD
CANCER
HYPERTHYROID
HIV
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
MALABSORPTION
DIET DRUGS