October 08, 2006

Differential Diagnosis: A VITAMIN C/I VINDICATE AIDS

Mnemonics for recalling the various arenas of the differential diagnosis when presented with a problem case.

A Vitamin CDE

Acquired
Vascular
Inflammatory
Trauma/Toxin
Autoimmune
Metabolic/Medication
Infection
Neoplastic
Congenital
Degenerative
Endocrine/Electrical

I Vindicate AIDS


Inflammatory
Vascular
Infectious
Neoplastic
Degenerative
Idiopathic
Congenital
Autoimmune
Trauma
Endocrine/Metabolic
Allergic
Iatrogenic
Drugs
Social

*I bolded the ones that are special additions for the longer mnemonic... I'd recommend just starting off with a shorter one and tossing in the later considerations as needed.

Posted by at
Labels:

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousWed Oct 11, 06:43:00 AM 2006

    i love A VITAMIN C... still using it...

    ReplyDelete
  2. gmcflyMon Dec 10, 07:40:00 AM 2007

    The one we learned is DIRECTION:

    Drugs/toxins/meds
    Infection
    Rheumatic
    Endocrine/metabolic
    Cardiovascular/Congenital
    Trauma
    Idiopathic/Iatrogenic
    Other
    Neoplasm/Neurologic

    It's hard to keep track of the double letters but it's what I've learned.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownWed Jun 23, 03:41:00 AM 2010

    hi

    ReplyDelete
  4. Vegan Squared (VSQ)Mon Jan 17, 09:40:00 AM 2011

    How can you vindicate AIDS anyways?

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)