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Celecoxib Mechanism of action: Reversibly and selectively inhibits the cyclooxygenase (COX) isoform 2 (“Selecoxib”).

#in_a_tweet
#pharmacology
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A patient gradually ADAPT to extrapyramidal effects!

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#neurology
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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome PRESENTATION

🐸 PLAIN

🍂 Progressive neurodegeneration
🍂 Lymphohistiocytosis
🍂 Albinism (partial)
🍂 recurrent pyogenic Infections
🍂 peripheral Neuropathy

#immunology
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Ptosis causes 

🔆 LEARN PES 


✖ Levator muscle dysfunction (e.g., congenital ptosis, myasthenia gravis)

✖ Extraocular muscle disorders (e.g., cranial nerve III palsy, Horner's syndrome)

✖ Aponeurosis defects (e.g., aging-related changes, post-traumatic ptosis)

✖ Regional neuromuscular disorders (e.g., myotonic dystrophy, Lambert-Eaton syndrome)

✖ Neurological diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome)

✖ Pseudoptosis (e.g., dermatochalasis, enophthalmos)

✖ Eyelid tumors (e.g., neurofibroma, hemangioma)

✖ Systemic diseases (e.g., diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus)


#ophthalmology
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🪵 Developmental/Psychosocial Screening at 3 years old

🐥 “rule of 3’s”: 1000 words, 3-word sentences, cooperative play, ride tricycle, 75%(¾) understandable by a stranger

#Pediatrics
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ABCDE’s of Klebsiella 🦠

🪝 Aspiration pneumonia
🪝 aBscess in lungs and liver
🪝 “Currant jelly” sputum
🪝 Diabetes mellitus
🪝 EtOH overuse

#microbiology
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Learn frog-eye appearance 🐸 with #visual_mnemonics.

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🖥 IMAGING Explanation

Ultrasound of the foetal head shows the absence of foetal brain parenchyma and calvaria with the classic ‘frog-eye’ appearance.


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#radiology
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Protein synthesis inhibitors “Buy at 30, ccel (sell) at 50.”

👉 30S inhibitors
🫧 Aminoglycosides
🫧 Tetracyclines

👉 50S inhibitors
🫧 Chloramphenicol, Clindamycin
Erythromycin (macrolides) and Linezolid.

#pharmacology
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The 5 ‘P’s of syncope

✔ Precipitants – none, emotion, environment, exercise, head movement, etc
✔ Prodrome – none, other cardiac symptoms, lightheadedness, nausea, deja vu, etc
✔ Palpitations
✔ Position – prolonged standing, sudden change in posture, supine
✔ Post-event phenomena – fatigue, nausea, vomitting, immediate complete recovery.

👉 See our previous mnemonic about syncope.

#emergency_medicine
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Drug-induced long QT


‌🇦‌‌🇧‌‌🇨‌‌🇩‌‌🇪‌‌🇫‌ + ‌🇳‌‌🇴‌


☘anti - 𝗔rrhythmics (Ia and III), 𝗔rsenic
☘anti - 𝗕iotics (macrolides, fluoroquinolones)
☘anti - 𝗖ychotics (haloperidol), 𝗖hloroquine
☘anti - 𝗗epressants (TCAs), 𝗗iuretics (thiazides)
☘anti - 𝗘metics (ondansetron)
☘anti - 𝗙ungals (Fluconazole)

🍀𝗡avir (protease inhibitors)
🍀𝗢pioids (methadone)

#Cardiology 
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Reye syndrome features

🇸‌‌🇭‌‌🇮‌‌🇳‌‌🇪‌🔆

❕𝗦teatosis of liver/hepatocytes, 𝗦eizure
❗𝗛ypoglycemia/𝗛epatomegaly
❕𝗜nfection (VZV, influenza)
❗𝗡ot awake (coma), 𝗡ausea/Vomiting
❕𝗘ncephalopathy and diffuse cerebral 𝗘dema

* Reye syndrome is defined as acute encephalopathy with hepatic dysfunction stemming from mitochondrial damage.

#pediatrics 
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The acronym “NMDA-R” is useful as a mnemonic for remembering the symptoms of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis;

‌🇳‌‌🇲‌‌🇩‌‌🇦‌-‌🇷‌

✖𝗡onspecific prodrome
✖𝗠emory and cognition impairment
✖𝗗ystonic posture
✖𝗔utonomic dysfunction
✖𝗥espiration depression

#neurology  
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Esophageal cancer; Etiologic Factors


🇮🇷PERSIAN GULF 🌊🌴

🥇Papillomavirus(HPV), Prior gastrectomy, Poor oral hygiene
🥇Epidermal growth factor polymorphisms
🥇Raised BMI(Obesity)
🥇Smoking, Socioeconomic factors and Demographic
🥇Intake(dietry factors), Infection with Helicobacter pylori, Inherited type of tylosis (Howell-Evans syndrome)
🥇Alcohol, Alendronate(oral bisphosphonates), Atrophic gastritis, Acid hypersecretory states(ZES)
🥇Nitrosative stress

🥇GERD
🥇Upper aerodigestive tract cancer, Underlying esophageal disease(achalasia, stricture)
🥇LES pressure decrease
🥇Familial(Hereditary factors; PJS)


#surgery
#gastroenterology
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Opioid Side effects


‌🇲‌‌🇴‌‌🇷‌‌🇵‌‌🇭‌‌🇮‌‌🇳‌‌🇪‌‌🇸‌ 😵‍💫


⚡𝗠iosis
⚡𝗢rthostatic hypotension
⚡𝗥espiratory depression
⚡𝗣ain Suppression
⚡𝗛istamine release/ 𝗛ormonal alterations
⚡𝗜CP increase, 𝗜nfrequent bowel movements
⚡𝗡ausea & Vomiting
⚡𝗘uphoria
⚡𝗦edation

#pharmacology  
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⚠️ 🔔 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐘 !   ⬇️


1. 🧩 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗡𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗦 (𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗬)

2. 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 - 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗖𝗤𝗦 ❔

3. 🇨🇦 𝗠𝗖𝗖𝗤𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

4. 🩺 𝗘𝗗𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗦 (𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦)

5. 📚 𝗘𝗗𝗟 𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠

6. 🏛📷 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟

7. 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 🇩🇪

8. 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔 🇦🇺

9. 𝗠𝗕𝗕𝗦 & 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬 🇮🇹

10. 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗞 🇬🇧

11. 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 🇺🇸

12. 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗔 🇨🇦

13. 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 🇫🇷

14. 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 🇩🇪

15. 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 🎓🫥

16. 📸 𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗦

17. 𝗢𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ✅

18. 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗭𝗢𝗡  🌐

19.  𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦 🫀

20. 💠 𝗨𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗕𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦

21. 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 - 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 🔄

22. 🏛 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬

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Short metacarpals Differentials

“The fingerTIPS are short” 🖐


▫Turner’s syndrome

▫Injury
📍Iatrogenic
📍Infection
📍Idiopathic

▫Pseudohypoparathyroidism
📍Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

▫Sickle cell disease (post- dactylitis)

#radiology  
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STOP WAR IN GAZA ❗

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Lichenoid Drug reaction causes

HANG PC 😫

♦HCTZ, H2-blocker
♦Antimicrobial/ Antidiabetic Antimalarials / Allopurinol
♦NSAIDS
♦Gold

🪬Penicillamine / Phenothiazines/ PPI
🪬Captopril (ACEI) / Ca Channel blockers


#dermatology  
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Gerstmann's Syndrome

AGRAFI 🔡

Agraphia ~ Agrafi 😉

'ph' makes the /f/ sound 🙄

• Angular Gyrus is damaged 🧠
• Right-left confusion ↔️ (confusion about directions)
• Acalculia ➗ (difficulty with math) &  Agraphia ✍️ (difficulty writing)
• FInger agnosia ✋ (inability to identify fingers)

#neurology  
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