FAMOUS TRIAD’S/TETRALOGY’S

VIRCHOW’S TRIAD
1. Hypercoagulability
2. Intimal damage (endothelial damage)
3. Venous stasis (abnormal blood flow)

CHARCOT’S TRIAD/ TRIAD OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

1. Scanning speech
2. Intention tremor
3. Nystagmus

TRIAD OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS

1. Pancreatic insufficiency/difficulty
2. Elevated sweat chloride levels
3. Chronic sinopulmonary disease

TRIAD OF ASTHMA
1. Wheezes
2. Cough (non-productive)
3. Dyspnea

KARTAGENER’S TRIAD
1. Situs inversus viscerum
2. Bronchiectasis
3. Paranasal sinusitis

ASA TRIAD/SAMTER’S TRIAD

1. Nasal polyps
2. Asthma
3. Aspirin intolerance

SJOGREN’S TRIAD
1. Dry eyes (xeropthamia)
2. Dry mouth (xerostomia)
3. Dry vagina (dyspareunia)

TRIAD OF KERNICTERUS
1. Hearing loss
2. Athetosis
3. Parinaud’s syndrome

HAKIM’S TRIAD/TRIAD OF HYDROCEPHALUS

1. Apraxia (gait disturbance)
2. Incontinence (urinary)
3. Dementia (memory loss)

TRIAD OF EMERY DREIFUSS

1. Progressive muscle weakness
2. Contracture of neck extensors, biceps & Achilles tendon
3. Cardiac conduction block

TRIAD OF DIABETES MELLITUS

1. Polydipsia (excessive sweat)
2. Polyuria (excessive urine)
3. Polyphagia (excessive thirst)

PAINFUL TRIAD OF O’DONOHUE

1. Medial meniscus
2. MCL (medial collateral ligament)
3. ACL (anterior collateral ligament)

TRIAD OF BRONCHIECTASIS
1. Chronic pulmonary disease
2. Hemoptysis
3. Recurrent pneumonia
TRIAD OF EMBOLIC STROKE
1. Seizure
2. Aphasia
3. Neglect

TRIAD OF AUTISM
1. Social deficits
2. Repetitive behavior
3. No communication

FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME

1. Disordered eating
2. Osteoporosis
3. Amenorrhea

NEUROPATHIC ARTHROPATHY TRIAD

1. Swelling
2. Instability
3. Painless (No significant pain)

TABES DORSALIS TRIAD

1. Argyll Robertson pupil
2. Absent knee or ankle jerks
3. Diminished position and vibratory sensations

SYRINGOMYELIA TRIAD
1. Loss of pain sensation
2. Loss of temperature sensation
3. Atrophy of small muscles of hand

VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY (VBI) TRIAD

1. Visual dysfunction
2. Incoordination/Unsteadiness
3. Drop attacks

OCULAR TILT REACTION TRIAD

1. Head tilting
2. Ocular torsion
3. Skew deviation

TRIAD OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA

1. Progressive hearing loss
2. Tinnitus
3. Dysequilibrium

TETRALOGY OF MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY

1. Cerebellar ataxia
2. Autonomic dysfunction
3. Parkinson’s disease like symptoms
4. Corticospinal dysfunction

TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (TOF)/ TETRALOGY OF CONGESTIVE HEART DISEASE

1. Pulmonary stenosis (infundibular stenosis)
2. Overriding aorta (coarction of the aorta)
3. Right ventricular hypertrophy
4. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

TETRALOGY OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

1. Resting tremor
2. Rigidity (cogwheel)
3. Postural instability (most disabling according to de Lisa)
4. Bradykinesia (most disabling according to Braddom)

MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS TRIAD

1. Pain
2. Palpable mass
3. Flexion contracture
CUSHING’s TRIAD OF INCREASE ICP
1. Bradypnea/irregular bleading
2. Bradycardia
3. Hypertension

CAUSALGIA TRIAD
1. Autonomic phenomenon
2. Sensory disturbance
3. Motor disturbance