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    This document provides several mnemonics to help remember important clinical assessments and differentials. The mnemonics include: 1. DR. GERM to remember to palpate the 4 abdominal quadrants for distension, rigidity, guarding, evisceration/ecchymosis, rebound tenderness, and masses. 2. 9 F's for common causes of abdominal swelling: fat, feces, fluid, flatus, fetus, full-sized tumors, full bladder, fibroids, and false pregnancy. 3. AEIOU TIPS to remember potential causes of altered level of consciousness: alcohol, epilepsy, electrolytes, encephalopathy, insulin, over

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    This document provides several mnemonics to help remember important clinical assessments and differentials. The mnemonics include: 1. DR. GERM to remember to palpate the 4 abdominal quadrants for distension, rigidity, guarding, evisceration/ecchymosis, rebound tenderness, and masses. 2. 9 F's for common causes of abdominal swelling: fat, feces, fluid, flatus, fetus, full-sized tumors, full bladder, fibroids, and false pregnancy. 3. AEIOU TIPS to remember potential causes of altered level of consciousness: alcohol, epilepsy, electrolytes, encephalopathy, insulin, over

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    General Examination - Mneumonics

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    This document provides several mnemonics to help remember important clinical assessments and differentials. The mnemonics include: 1. DR. GERM to remember to palpate the 4 abdominal quadrants for distension, rigidity, guarding, evisceration/ecchymosis, rebound tenderness, and masses. 2. 9 F's for common causes of abdominal swelling: fat, feces, fluid, flatus, fetus, full-sized tumors, full bladder, fibroids, and false pregnancy. 3. AEIOU TIPS to remember potential causes of altered level of consciousness: alcohol, epilepsy, electrolytes, encephalopathy, insulin, over

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    General Examination - mneumonics

    Abdominal Assessment
    Distension: liver problems, bowel obstruction
    Rigidity (board like): bleeding
    Guarding: muscular tension when touched
    Eviseration/ Ecchymosis
    Rebound tenderness: infection
    Masses

    Mnemonic:
    To assess abdomen, palpate all 4 quadrants for DR. GERM

    Abdominal swelling causes

    Mnemonic:
    9 F's:
    Fat
    Feces
    Fluid
    Flatus
    Fetus
    Full-sized tumors
    Full bladder
    Fibroids
    False pregnancy

    Altered Level of Consciousness: Reasons


    Alcohol
    Epilepsy, Electrolytes, and Encephalopathy
    Insulin
    Overdose, Oxygen
    Underdose, Uremia
    Trauma, Temperature
    Infection
    Psychogenic, Poisons
    Stroke, Shock

    Mnemonic:
    AEIOU TIPS
    Pain history checklist
    Site
    Onset
    Character
    Radiation
    Alleviating factors/ Associated symptoms
    Timing (duration, frequency)
    Exacerbating factors
    Severity
    Alternatively, Signs and Symptoms with the 'S'

    Mnemonic:
    SOCRATES

    Physical exam for 'lumps and bumps'

    Site, Size, Shape, Surface, Skin, Scar


    Tenderness, Temperature, Transillumination
    Consistency
    Attachment
    Mobility
    Pulsation
    Fluctuation
    Irreducibility
    Regional lymph nodes
    Edge

    Mnemonic:
    "6 Students and 3 Teachers go for CAMPFIRE"

    Trauma assessment
    Deformities & Discolorations
    Contusions
    Abrasions & Avulsion
    Penetrations & Punctures
    Burns
    Tenderness
    Lacerations
    Swelling & Symmetry

    Mnemonic:
    DCAP-BTLS
    Vomiting: non-GIT differential

    Acute renal failure


    Brain [increased ICP]
    Cardiac [inferior MI]
    DKA
    Ears [labyrinthitis]
    Foreign substances [paracetamol, theo, etc.]
    Glaucoma
    Hyperemesis gravidarum
    Infection [pyelonephritis, meningitis]

    Mnemonic:
    ABCDEFGHI

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