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'''Editors-In-Chief:''' [[User:William J Gibson|William J. Gibson, B.S.]][mailto:willjgibson@gmail.com]; [[User:Gonzalo Romero|Gonzalo A. Romero, M.D.]][mailto:gromero@wikidoc.org]
 
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<font color="Navy">'''1. Anatomy'''</font>
 
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==GI Anatomy==
==GI Anatomy==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''D'''ow '''J'''ones '''I'''ndustrial '''A'''verage '''C'''losing '''S'''tock '''R'''eport}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''D'''ow '''J'''ones '''I'''ndustrial '''A'''verage '''C'''losing '''S'''tock '''R'''eport}}</font>
''From proximal to distal:''
''From proximal to distal:''
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# '''R'''ectum
# '''R'''ectum


==Acute Pancreatitis Causes==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''GET SMASHED'''}}</font>
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# '''G'''all stones
# '''E'''thanol
# '''T'''rauma
# '''S'''teroids
# '''M'''umps
# '''A'''utoimmune disease
# '''S'''corpion venom
# '''H'''yperlipidemia
# '''E'''RCP (dye)
# '''D'''rugs (Azathioprine, Asparginase, Mercaptopurines, Pentamidine)
 
Alcohol and Gallstones are the most common causes.


==APGAR Score==
==Brachial Plexus Organization==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''APGAR'''}}</font>
* '''A'''ppearance (color): blue/pale, trunk pink, all pink
* '''P'''ulse (heart rate): 0, <100, 100+
* '''G'''rimace (reflex irritability): 0, grimace, grimace+cough
* '''A'''ctivity (muscle tone): limp, some, active
* '''R'''espiration (respiratory effort): 0, irregular, regular
- Score 0-2 at 1 and 5 minutes in each of 5 categories, being 10 the perfect score.
 
==Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)==
Each of the MENs is a disease of '''three or two letters plus a feature'''; all are autosomal dominant.
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MEN I:  3 P's'''}}</font>
# '''P'''ituitary
# '''P'''arathyroid
# '''P'''ancreas
# Plus Adrenal cortex
 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MEN II:  2 C's'''}}</font>
# '''C'''arcinoma of thyroid
# '''C'''atacholamines (pheochromocytoma)
- MEN IIA: parathyroid
- MEN IIB (MEN III): mucocutaneous neuromas for
 
==Acute Pneumonia Infiltrates==
* '''P'''yogenic bacteria: '''P'''MN infiltrate
* '''M'''iscellaneous microbes: '''M'''ononuclear infiltrate
 
==Takayasu's Disease/Pulseless Disease==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''When you have Takayasu's, I can't Tak'a yu pulse'''}}</font>
 
==Alcoholism Screening==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CAGE'''}}</font>
* Have you ever felt it necessary to '''C'''UT DOWN on your drinking?
* Have you ever been '''A'''NNOYED when people suggest you cut down on your drinking?
* Have you ever felt '''G'''UILTY about your drinking?
* Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the morning for an '''E'''YE OPENER?
 
==Chief Complaint==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''OPQRST'''}}</font>
* '''O''' - '''O'''nset of pain:  what was the patient doing when the pain started?
* '''P''' - '''P'''alliative or '''P'''rovocative factors for the pain
* '''Q''' - '''Q'''uality of pain (burning, stabbing, aching, etc.)
* '''R''' - '''R'''adiation (up to jaw, down left arm, etc.)
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity of pain (usually 1 - 10 scale)
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming of pain (eg: after meals, in the morning, how long it lasts, etc.)
 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''SOCRATES'''}}</font>
* '''S''' - '''S'''ite of pain
* '''O''' - '''O'''nset of pain
* '''C''' - '''C'''haracter of pain: dull, sharp, aching, stabbing, tearing
* '''R''' - '''R'''adiation of pain: central abdominal pain radiating to Right Iliac Fossa
* '''A''' - '''A'''ssociated factors: eg. nausea/vomiting
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming of pain/duration
* '''E''' - '''E'''xacerbating/alleviating factors
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity of pain (1 - 10 scale)
 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ASCLAST'''}}</font>
* '''A''' - '''A'''ggravatiing and '''A'''lleviating factors
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity
* '''C''' - '''C'''haracter, quality
* '''L''' - '''L'''ocation
* '''A''' - '''A'''ssociated symptoms
* '''S''' - '''S'''etting
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming
 
NOTE: ASCLAST means let the patient talk first, then ask him/her specific questions.
 
==Post-Op Fever Causes==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Five W's'''}}</font>
* '''W'''ind: pneumonia, atelectasis
* '''W'''ound: wound infections
* '''W'''ater: urinary tract infection
* '''W'''alking: DVT/PE (walking can help reduce DVT/PE)
* '''W'''onderdrugs: especially anesthesia
 
==Predisposing Conditions for Pulmonary Embolism==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''TOM SCH PREFER'''}}</font>
* '''T''' - '''T'''rauma
* '''O''' - '''O'''besity
* '''M''' - '''M'''alignancy
* '''S''' - '''S'''urgery
* '''C''' - '''C'''ardiac disease
* '''H''' - '''H'''ospitalization
* '''P''' - '''P'''ast history
* '''R''' - '''R'''est (bed-bound)
* '''E''' - '''E'''strogen, pregnancy, post-partum
* '''F''' - '''F'''racture
* '''E''' - '''E'''lderly
* '''R''' - '''R'''oad trip
 
==Compartment Syndrome Signs (Arterial Occlusion)==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''6 P's'''}}</font>
# Pain
# Pale (Pallor)
# Perishing with Cold (Poikilothermia)
# Pulseless
# Paresthesias
# Paralysis
 
==Hospital Admission Orders==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DAVE WILMINGTON'''}}</font>
* '''D'''iet
* '''A'''ctivity
* '''V'''ital signs: how often to monitor
* '''E'''xcrement: test urine/stool
* '''W'''eight: how often to monitor
* '''I''' / O: monitor input/output
* '''L'''abs: which/how often
* '''M'''eds: which/route/interval
* '''I''' V fluids: what/at what rate
* '''N'''ursing care: e.g. position, wound care, up in chair, ostomy care
* '''G'''eneral care: e.g. physical/respiratory therapy
* '''T'''ests: e.g. X-ray/EKG/EEG
* '''O'''bserve for: reaction/seizure/neuro exams
* '''N'''otify parameters: e.g. Temperature > 100 F / respiration changes
 
After noting date and time of admission as well as diagnosis and condition (ADC), use the mnemonic to ensure all areas are addressed, but not all apply to every patient.
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ADC VAAN DIML''', pronounced ADC van dim(e)L}}</font>
* '''A'''dmit: 23 hours, full admit, service of attending
* '''D'''iagnosis
* '''C'''ondition: "Stable"/"Guarded"
* '''V'''itals: post-op, routine, q 1 hour
* '''A'''llergies
* '''A'''ctivities: strict bed rest/fall precautions/ad lib/bathroom privileges
* '''N'''ursing: strict I&O's/daily weights/call P.R.N.
* '''D'''iet: NPO/regular/clears/advance diet as tolerated/2000 cal ADA/renal
* '''I'''V fluids: D5, 1/2 NS, 20 KCL at 110 ml/hr, LR @ 100 ml/hr
* '''M'''eds: scheduled and PRN's
* '''L'''abs and X-ray: CBC in AM, PCXR in PACU
 
Note that IV fluids follows Diet. If one writes NPO, then '''all''' such patients get maintenance fluids (use the 4-2-1 rule).
 
==Causes of Diseases==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''VITAMIN C'''}}</font>
*'''V'''ascular
*'''I'''nfectious
*'''T'''rauma
*'''A'''uto-immune
*'''M'''etabolic
*'''I'''diopathic/Iatrogenic
*'''N'''eoplastic
*'''C'''ongenital
 
==Metabolic Acidosis Causes==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MUDPILES'''}}</font>
* '''M'''ethanol poisoning
* '''U'''remia
* '''D'''iabetic Keto-acidosis
* '''P'''ara-aldehyde ingestion
* '''I'''schemia
* '''L'''actic Acidosis
* '''E'''thanol poisoning
* '''S'''alicylate ingestion
 
==Metabolic Acidosis (Normal Anion-Gap) Causes==
===With Hyperkalemia===
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''RAISE K+'''}}</font>
* RTA type 4
* Aldosterone or mineralocorticord deficiency
* Iatrogenic: NH4Cl, HCl
* "Stenosis": obstructive uropathy
* Early uremia
===With hypokalemia===
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ReDUCE K+'''}}</font>
* Renal TA type 1 and 2
* Diarrhoea
* Urine diversion into gut
* Carbonate anhydrase inhibitor
* Ex-hyperventilation
 
==Hypercalcemia Causes==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''PAM SCHMIDT'''}}</font>                     
* '''P'''aget's Disease
* '''A'''myloid
* '''M'''ultiple Myeloma
* '''S'''arcoid
* '''C'''ancer
* '''H'''ormomal (para-thyroid)
* '''M'''ilk-alkali Syndrome
* '''I'''mmobilization
* '''D'''-vitamin overdose
* '''T'''hyrotoxicosis


'''OR'''
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MISHAP'''}}</font>
* '''M'''alignancy
* '''I'''ntoxication (hypervitaminosis)
* '''S'''arcoidosis
* '''H'''yperparathyroidism
* '''A'''lkali (Milk) syndrome
* '''P'''aget's Disease (bone)
Also consider Addison's disease, thiazide diuretics and simple lab error
 
==5 Signs of Inflammation==
# '''Rubor''': redness/erythema
# '''Calor''': raised temperature
# '''Tumor''': swelling
# '''Dolor''': pain
# '''Functio Laesa''': loss of function
- Described by Celsus
 
==Hypersentivity Reactions (Gell & Goombs Classification)==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ACID'''}}</font> <font color="red">{{cquote|'''A'''nna '''C'''ycled '''I'''mmediately '''D'''ownhill}}</font>
# Type I  '''A'''naphylaxis
# Type II  '''C'''ytotoxic-mediated
# Type III '''I'''mmune-complex
# Type IV  '''D'''elayed hypersensitivity
 
==CBC Normal Differential==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N'''ever '''L'''et '''M'''onkeys '''E'''at '''B'''ananas}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N'''ice '''L'''adies '''M'''ake '''E'''aster '''B'''read"}}</font> 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''60''', '''30''', '''6''', '''3''', '''1'''}}</font>
# '''N'''eutrophils: '''60'''%
# '''L'''ymphocytes: '''30'''%
# '''M'''onocytes: '''6'''%
# '''E'''osinophils: '''3'''%
# '''B'''asophils: '''1'''%
 
==Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Sunday Hot Day, Better Give Iced Fluids Today!'''}}</font>
* '''S'''- Stop all triggering agents, give 100% O2
* '''H'''- Hyperventillate
* '''D'''- Dantrolene 2.5 mg/kg
* '''B'''- Bicarbonate
* '''G'''- Glucose and Insulin
* '''I'''- IV Fluids, Cooling Blanket
* '''F'''- Fluid Output; Furosemide
* '''T'''- Tachycardia, be prepared to treat V Tach
 
==Back Pain Causes==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DISK MASS'''}}</font>
* '''D'''-'''D'''egeneration: DJD, Osteoporosis, spondylosis
* '''I'''-'''I'''nfection: UTI, PID, Potts, osteomyelitis, prostatitis, Injury/fracture, compression fracture
* '''S'''-'''S'''pondylitis, ankylosing Spondyloarthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis, Reiters,  SLE)
* '''K'''-'''K'''idney stones/infarction/infection (pyelo/abscess)
* '''M'''-'''M'''ultiple myeloma, '''M'''etastasis from breast, prostate, lung, thyroid, kidney CA
* '''A'''-'''A'''neurysm, '''A'''bdominal pain referred to the back (see acute abdominal pain)
* '''S'''-'''S'''lipped disk, '''S'''pondylolisthesis
* '''S'''-'''S'''train, '''S'''coliosis/lordosis, '''S'''kin: herpes zoster
 
==Syncope Management==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''If the face is red, raise the head!'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''If the face is pale, raise the tail!'''}}</font>
 
==Brachial Plexus Organization==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Radical Teachers Drink Cold Beers'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Radical Teachers Drink Cold Beers'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beers'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beers'''}}</font>
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# Cords
# Cords
# Branches
# Branches
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==Cranial Nerves==
==Cranial Nerves==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''On Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''On Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Our Only Object To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls Vagina And Hymen'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Our Only Object To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls Vagina And Hymen'''}}</font>
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# XI - accessory
# XI - accessory
# XII - hypoglossal
# XII - hypoglossal
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==Extraocular Muscles Innervation==
==Extraocular Muscles Innervation==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''LR6 SO4 3'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''LR6 SO4 3'''}}</font>
* '''LR 6''' - '''L'''ateral '''R'''ectus by the '''VI'''  cranial nerve (Abducens)
* '''LR 6''' - '''L'''ateral '''R'''ectus by the '''VI'''  cranial nerve (Abducens)
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* '''S''' - '''S'''uperior Oblique
* '''S''' - '''S'''uperior Oblique
* '''T''' - '''T'''rochlear Nerve
* '''T''' - '''T'''rochlear Nerve
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==Facial Nerve Branches==
==Facial Nerve Branches==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Two Zebras Bought My Car'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Two Zebras Bought My Car'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Two Zebras Bit My Cookie'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Two Zebras Bit My Cookie'''}}</font>
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# Mandibular
# Mandibular
# Cervical
# Cervical
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==Penis Innervation==
==Penis Innervation==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P'''oint and '''S'''hoot}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P'''oint and '''S'''hoot}}</font>
* '''P'''arasympathetic causes erection
* '''P'''arasympathetic causes erection
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''S2, 3, 4 keep the penis off the floor'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''S2, 3, 4 keep the penis off the floor'''}}</font>
* Innervation of the penis by branches of the pudendal nerve, derived from spinal cord levels '''S 2-4'''
* Innervation of the penis by branches of the pudendal nerve, derived from spinal cord levels '''S 2-4'''
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==Aorta Branches==
==Aorta Branches==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABC'S'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABC'S'''}}</font>
* '''A'''ortic arch gives off the:
* '''A'''ortic arch gives off the:
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# '''C''' - Left '''C'''ommon '''C'''arotid
# '''C''' - Left '''C'''ommon '''C'''arotid
# '''S''' - Left '''S'''ubclavian artery
# '''S''' - Left '''S'''ubclavian artery
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==Femoral Triangle Structures in Order==
==Femoral Triangle Structures in Order==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N (AVEL)'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N (AVEL)'''}}</font>
* '''N'''erve
* '''N'''erve
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- Parenthesis includes things contained in the femoral sheath.
- Parenthesis includes things contained in the femoral sheath.


==Hurler Syndrome Features==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''HURLER'S'''}}</font>
*'''H'''eptosplenomegaly
*'''U'''gly facies
*'''R'''ecessive (AR inheritance)
*'''L'''-iduronidase deficiency (alpha)
*'''E'''yes clouded
*'''R'''etarded
*'''S'''tubby fingers/'''S'''hort
 
==Down Syndrome Features==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CHILD HAS PROBLEM!'''}}</font>
* '''C'''ongenital heart disease/ '''C'''ataracts
* '''H'''ypotonia/ Hypothyroidism
* '''I'''ncure 5th finger/ '''I'''ncreased gap between 1st and 2nd toe
* '''L'''eukemia risk x2/ '''L'''ung problem
* '''D'''uodenal atresia/ '''D'''elayed development
* '''H'''irshsprung's disease/ '''H'''earing loss
* '''A'''lzheimer's disease/ Alantoaxial instability
* '''S'''quint/ Short neck
* '''P'''rotruding tongue/ '''P'''alm crease
* '''R'''ound face/ '''R'''olling eye (nystagmus)
* '''O'''cciput flat/ '''O'''blique eye fissure
* '''B'''rushfield spot/ '''B'''rachycephaly
* '''L'''ow nasal bridge/ '''L'''anguage problem
* '''E'''picanthic fold/ '''E'''ar folded
* '''M'''ental retardation/ '''M'''yoclonus
 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DOWN'''}}</font>
* '''D'''ecreased alpha-fetoprotein and unconjugated estriol (maternal)
* '''O'''ne extra chromosome twenty-one
* '''W'''omen of advanced age
* '''N'''on-disjunction during maternal meiosis


<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Drink at 21'''}}</font>
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Chromosome 21


==Patau's Syndrome - Chromosome 13==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P'''uberty at 13}}</font>


==Edward's Syndrome - Chromosome 18==
<font color="Navy">'''2. Cell Biology'''</font>


<font color="red">{{cquote|Election voter at 18}}</font>
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==Pyrimidines Nucleotides==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CUT the PY (pie)'''}}</font>
* '''C'''ytosine
* '''U'''racil
* '''T'''hiamine
* '''T'''he
* '''PY'''rimidines


==DiGeorge (Velocardiofacial) Syndrome==
==Cell Division Phases==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CATCH 22'''}}</font>


* '''C'''ardiac abnormalities
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* '''A'''bnormal facies
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''People Meet And Talk'''}}</font>
* '''T'''hymic aplasia
* '''P''' - '''P'''rophase
* '''C'''left palate
* '''M''' - '''M'''etaphase
* '''H'''ypocalcemia
* '''A''' - '''A'''naphase
* '''22'''q11 deletion
* '''T''' - '''T'''elophase


==MARFAN Syndrome Features==
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# '''M'''itral valve prolapse - MVP
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# '''A'''ortic Aneurysm
# '''R'''etinal detachment
# '''F'''ibrillin
# '''A'''rachnodactyly
# '''N'''egative '''N'''itroprusside test (differentiates from homocystinuria)


==Cell Cycle Stages==
==Cell Cycle Stages==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Go Sally Go! Make Children!'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Go Sally Go! Make Children!'''}}</font>
* '''G1''' phase - Growth phase 1
* '''G1''' phase - Growth phase 1
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* '''C''' phase - Cytokinesis
* '''C''' phase - Cytokinesis


==Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'"Polycystic kidney"' has '''16 letters'''}}</font>
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Also,  and is due to a defect on chromosome 16.
 
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''APKD'''}}</font>
==Golgi Complex Functions==
ADult Polycystic Kidney Disease is  Autosomal Dominant


==Essential Amino Acids==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P''' ri '''V''' a '''T''' e  '''TIM  HALL'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Golgi Distributes A SPAM'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''PVT. TIM HALL'''}}</font>
* '''Distributes''' proteins and lipids from ER
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''"PVT. TIM HALL always argues, never tires"'''}}</font>
* '''A'''dd mannose onto specific lysosome proteins
* '''P''' - '''P'''he
* '''S'''ulfation of sugars and slected tyrosine
* '''V''' - '''V'''al
* '''P'''roteoglycan assembly
* '''T''' - '''T'''hr
* '''A'''dd O-oligosugars to serine and threnonine
* '''T''' - '''T'''rp
* '''M'''odify N-ologosugars on asparagine
* '''I''' - '''I'''le
* '''M''' - '''M'''et
* '''H''' - '''H'''is
* '''A''' - '''A'''rg
* '''L''' - '''L'''eu
* '''L''' - '''L'''ys
* Pvt. is short for Private in the military
* Arg and His are considered semi-essential
* Alternatively: '''MATT VIL PHLy'''


==Urea Cycle==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''O'''rdinarily '''C'''areless '''C'''rappers '''A'''re '''A'''lso '''F'''rivolous '''A'''bout '''U'''rination!}}</font>
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* '''O''' - '''O'''rnithine
* '''C''' - '''C'''arbamoyl
* '''C''' - '''C'''itrulline
* '''A''' - '''A'''spartate
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginosuccinate
* '''F''' - '''F'''umarate
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginine
* '''U''' - '''U'''rea


==Cell Division Phases==
==Collagen==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''People Meet And Talk'''}}</font>
* '''P''' - '''P'''rophase
* '''M''' - '''M'''etaphase
* '''A''' - '''A'''naphase
* '''T''' - '''T'''elophase


==Acute Intermittent Porphyria==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''5  P's '''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''COLLAGEN'''}}</font>
* '''P'''ain in abdomen
* '''C''' - '''C'''-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / '''C'''ovalent '''C'''ross links/ '''C''' vitamin/ '''C'''onnective tissue/ '''C'''artilage/'''C'''hondroblasts/'''C'''opper Cofactor (Covalent Cross linking)
* '''P'''olyneuropathy
* '''O''' - '''O'''utside the cell is where collagen normally functions/ '''O'''steoblasts/ '''O'''steogenesis imperfecta
* '''P'''sychologial abnormalities
* '''L''' - '''L'''ysyl hydroxylase / '''L'''ysyl oxidase (oxidatively deaminates lysyl and hydroxylysyl residues to form collagen cross links, last biosynthesis step)
* '''P'''ink urine
* '''L''' - '''L'''ong triple helical fibers / '''L'''igaments
* '''P'''recipitated by drugs (eg barbiturates, oral contraceptives, sulpha drugs)
* '''A''' - '''A'''lpha chains / '''A'''ttached by H bonds form triple helix / '''A'''scorbate for hydroxylation of lysyl and prolyl residues of pro-Alpha chains
(postranslational modification)
* '''G''' - '''G'''ly in every third position / '''G'''lycosylation of hydroxyl group of hydroxylysine with '''G'''lucose and '''G'''alactose;'''GO'''lgi allows procollagen to '''GO''' outside of cell
* '''E''' - '''E'''xtracellular matrix / '''E'''ye (cornea, sclera) / '''E'''hlers-Danlos Syndrome
* '''N''' - '''N'''-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / '''N'''onhelical terminal extensions


==BUN & Creatinine Elevation==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABCD'''}}</font>
* '''A''' - '''A'''zotremia (pre-renal)
* '''B''' - '''B'''leeding (GI)
* '''C''' - '''C'''atabolic status
* '''D''' - '''D'''iet (high protein parenteral nutrition)


==G6PD: Oxidant Drugs Inducing Hemolytic Anemia ==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''AAA'''}}</font>
* Antibiotic (eg: sufamethoxazole)
* Antimalarial (eg: primaquine)
* Antipyretics (eg: acetanilid, but not aspirin or acetaminophen)


==Pompe's Disease==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Type "Police: Po + lys"'''}}</font>
* '''PO'''mpe's disease is a '''LYS'''osomal storage disease (alpha 1,4 glucosidase)


==Metabolic Acidosis (Normal Anion-Gap) Causes==
<font color="Navy">'''3. Molecular Biology'''</font>
#'''With hyperkalemia'''
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''RAISE K+'''}}</font>  
* RTA type 4
* Aldosterone or mineralocorticord deficiency
* Iatrogenic: NH4Cl, HCl
* "Stenosis": obstructive uropathy
* Early uremia


#With hypokalemia: :
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ReDUCE K+'''}}</font>
* Renal TA type 1 and 2
* Diarrhoea
* Urine diversion into gut
* Carbonate anhydrase inhibitor
* Ex-hyperventilation


==Galactosaemia==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''GALIPUT'''}}</font>
* Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase
* There is an assay called the Galiput test for this


==Folate Deficiency Causes==
==Carbon Monoxide: Electron Transport Chain Target==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''A FOLIC DROP'''}}</font>


* Alcoholism
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* Folic acid antagonists
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CO blocks CO'''}}</font>
* Oral contraceptives
Carbon monoxide '''(CO)''' blocks Cytochrome Oxidase '''(CO)'''
* Low dietary intake
* Infection with Giardia
* Celiac sprue
* Dilatin
* Relative folate deficiency
* Old
* Pregnant


==Fat Soluble Vitamins==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The FAT cat is in the ADEK (attic)'''}}</font>
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Fat soluble vitamins are '''A,D,E,K.'''


==Hemoglobin Binding Curve: Right Shift Causes==
==Hemoglobin Binding Curve: Right Shift Causes==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CADET, face right!'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CADET, face right!'''}}</font>
* C = Increase in carbon dioxide
* C = Increase in carbon dioxide
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* T = increase in temperature
* T = increase in temperature


==G-proteins Receptors==  
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==G-proteins Receptors==
 
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''QISS & QIQ" (Kiss and Kick)'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''QISS & QIQ" (Kiss and Kick)'''}}</font>
In alphabetical order
In alphabetical order
* Q: alpha 1
* Q: alpha 1
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* Q: M1
* Q: M1
* I: M2
* I: M2
* Q: M3  
* Q: M3
 
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==Adrenaline Mechanism==
==Adrenaline Mechanism==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABC of Adrenaline'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABC of Adrenaline'''}}</font>
* Adrenaline--> activates
* Adrenaline--> activates
* Beta receptors--> increases
* Beta receptors--> increases
* Cyclic AMP  
* Cyclic AMP
 
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<font color="Navy">'''4. Biochemistry'''</font>
 
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==Enzymes Classification==
 
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Over The HILL'''}}</font>
* '''O''' - '''O'''xidoreductases
* '''T''' - '''T'''ransferases
* '''H''' - '''H'''ydrolases
* '''I''' - '''I'''somerases
* '''L''' - '''L'''igases
* '''L''' - '''L'''yases
 
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==Glycolysis Enzymes==
 
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Hungry Peter Pan And The Growling Pink Panther Eat Pies'''}}</font>
* Hexokinase
* Phosphohexo isomerase
* Phosphofructokinase-1 (6-phosphofructo-1 kinase)
* Aldolase, Triose phosphate isomerase
* Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
* Phosphoglycerate kinase
* Phosphoglycerate mutase
* Enolase
* Pyruvate kinase
 
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==Glycolysis Steps==
 
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies'''}}</font>
* Glucose
* Glucose-6-P
* Fructose-6-P
* Fructose-1,6-diP
* Dihydroxyacetone-P
* Glyceraldehyde-P
* 1,3-Biphosphoglycerate
* 3-Phosphoglycerate
* 2-Phosphoglycerate (to)
* Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP] Pyruvate • 'Did', 'By' and 'Pies' tell you the first part of those three: di-, bi-, and py-.
• 'PrEPare' tells location of PEP in the process.
 
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<font color="Navy">'''5. Metabolism'''</font>
 
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==Carbon Monoxide: Electron Transport Chain Target==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CO blocks CO'''}}</font>
Carbon monoxide '''(CO)''' blocks Cytochrome Oxidase '''(CO)'''


==Metabolism Sites==
==Metabolism Sites==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Use both arms to HUG'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Use both arms to HUG'''}}</font>
# Heme synthesis
# Heme synthesis
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# Gluconeogenesis
# Gluconeogenesis
These reactions occur in both cytoplasm and mitochondria
These reactions occur in both cytoplasm and mitochondria
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==AcetylCoA and AcetacetylCoA==
==AcetylCoA and AcetacetylCoA==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''A Lighter Lease (A LyTr LeIs)'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''A Lighter Lease (A LyTr LeIs)'''}}</font>
Amino acids forming them:
Amino acids forming them:
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* Tr=Tryptophan
* Tr=Tryptophan
* Le=Leucine
* Le=Leucine
* Is=Isoleucine  
* Is=Isoleucine


==Branched-chain Amino Acids Used by Skeletal Muscle (Fasting State)==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Muscles LIVe fast'''}}</font>
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* Leucine
* Isoleucine
* Valine


==Glycolysis Steps==
==Citric Acid Cycle Compounds==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies'''}}</font>
* Glucose
* Glucose-6-P
* Fructose-6-P
* Fructose-1,6-diP
* Dihydroxyacetone-P
* Glyceraldehyde-P
* 1,3-Biphosphoglycerate
* 3-Phosphoglycerate
* 2-Phosphoglycerate (to)
* Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP] Pyruvate • 'Did', 'By' and 'Pies' tell you the first part of those three: di-, bi-, and py-.
• 'PrEPare' tells location of PEP in the process.


==Glycolysis Enzymes==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Hungry Peter Pan And The Growling Pink Panther Eat Pies'''}}</font>
* Hexokinase
* Phosphohexo isomerase
* Phosphofructokinase-1 (6-phosphofructo-1 kinase)
* Aldolase, Triose phosphate isomerase
* Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
* Phosphoglycerate kinase
* Phosphoglycerate mutase
* Enolase
* Pyruvate kinase
 
==Citric Acid Cycle Compounds==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Our City Is Kept Safe And Sound From Malice'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Our City Is Kept Safe And Sound From Malice'''}}</font>
* Oxaloacetate
* Oxaloacetate
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* Succinate
* Succinate
* Fumarate
* Fumarate
* Malate  
* Malate
 
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==Citric Acid Cycle Enzymes==
==Citric Acid Cycle Enzymes==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Corrupt Anti Intelligence Agent Spoke Slander For Money'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Corrupt Anti Intelligence Agent Spoke Slander For Money'''}}</font>
* Citrate synthatase
* Citrate synthatase
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* Fumarase
* Fumarase
* Malate Dehydrogenase
* Malate Dehydrogenase
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==Essential Amino Acids==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P''' ri '''V''' a '''T''' e  '''TIM  HALL'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''PVT. TIM HALL'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''"PVT. TIM HALL always argues, never tires"'''}}</font>
* '''P''' - '''P'''he
* '''V''' - '''V'''al
* '''T''' - '''T'''hr
* '''T''' - '''T'''rp
* '''I''' - '''I'''le
* '''M''' - '''M'''et
* '''H''' - '''H'''is
* '''A''' - '''A'''rg
* '''L''' - '''L'''eu
* '''L''' - '''L'''ys
* Pvt. is short for Private in the military
* Arg and His are considered semi-essential
* Alternatively: '''MATT VIL PHLy'''
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==Creatine Phosphate: Amino Acid Precursors==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Nice GAMs!'''}}</font>
* '''G''' - '''G'''lycine
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginine
* '''M''' - '''M'''ethionine
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==Branched Chain Amino Acids Catabolism Steps==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Truck hit the Ox to Death'''}}</font>
* '''T''' - '''T'''ransamination
* '''O''' - '''O'''xidative decarboxylation
* '''D''' - '''D'''ehydrogenation
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==Branched-chain Amino Acids Used by Skeletal Muscle (Fasting State)==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Muscles LIVe fast'''}}</font>
* Leucine
* Isoleucine
* Valine
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==Urea Cycle==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''O'''rdinarily '''C'''areless '''C'''rappers '''A'''re '''A'''lso '''F'''rivolous '''A'''bout '''U'''rination!}}</font>
* '''O''' - '''O'''rnithine
* '''C''' - '''C'''arbamoyl
* '''C''' - '''C'''itrulline
* '''A''' - '''A'''spartate
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginosuccinate
* '''F''' - '''F'''umarate
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginine
* '''U''' - '''U'''rea
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==Pyrimidines Nucleotides==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CUT the PY (pie)'''}}</font>
* '''C'''ytosine
* '''U'''racil
* '''T'''hiamine
* '''T'''he
* '''PY'''rimidines
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<font color="Navy">'''6. Enzyme Deficiencies'''</font>
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==G6PD: Oxidant Drugs Inducing Hemolytic Anemia==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''AAA'''}}</font>
* Antibiotic (eg: sufamethoxazole)
* Antimalarial (eg: primaquine)
* Antipyretics (eg: acetanilid, but not aspirin or acetaminophen)
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==Pompe's Disease==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Type "Police: Po + lys"'''}}</font>
* '''PO'''mpe's disease is a '''LYS'''osomal storage disease (alpha 1,4 glucosidase)
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==Galactosemia==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''GALIPUT'''}}</font>
* Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase
* There is an assay called the Galiput test for this
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==Fabry's Disease==
==Fabry's Disease==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''FABRY ' S'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''FABRY ' S'''}}</font>
* '''F''' - '''F'''oam cells found in glomeruli and tubules / '''F'''ebrile episodes
* '''F''' - '''F'''oam cells found in glomeruli and tubules / '''F'''ebrile episodes
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* '''Y''' - '''Y'''X genotype (male, X linked recessive)
* '''Y''' - '''Y'''X genotype (male, X linked recessive)
* '''S''' - '''S'''phingolipidoses
* '''S''' - '''S'''phingolipidoses
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==Hurler Syndrome Features==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''HURLER'S'''}}</font>
*'''H'''eptosplenomegaly
*'''U'''gly facies
*'''R'''ecessive (AR inheritance)
*'''L'''-iduronidase deficiency (alpha)
*'''E'''yes clouded
*'''R'''etarded
*'''S'''tubby fingers/'''S'''hort
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==Acute Intermittent Porphyria==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''5  P's '''}}</font>
* '''P'''ain in abdomen
* '''P'''olyneuropathy
* '''P'''sychologial abnormalities
* '''P'''ink urine
* '''P'''recipitated by drugs (eg barbiturates, oral contraceptives, sulpha drugs)
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<font color="Navy">'''7. Vitamins'''</font>
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==B Vitamins==
==B Vitamins==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious'''}}</font>
In increasing order:  
In increasing order:
* '''T''' - '''T'''hiamine (B1)
* '''T''' - '''T'''hiamine (B1)
* '''R''' - '''R'''iboflavin (B2)
* '''R''' - '''R'''iboflavin (B2)
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* '''C''' - '''C'''obalamin (B12)
* '''C''' - '''C'''obalamin (B12)


==Golgi Complex Functions==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Golgi Distributes A SPAM'''}}</font>
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* '''Distributes''' proteins and lipids from ER
* '''A'''dd mannose onto specific lysosome proteins
* '''S'''ulfation of sugars and slected tyrosine
* '''P'''roteoglycan assembly
* '''A'''dd O-oligosugars to serine and threnonine
* '''M'''odify N-ologosugars on asparagine


==Branched Chain Amino Acids Catabolism Steps==
==Niacin Deficiency==
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Truck hit the Ox to Death'''}}</font>
* '''T''' - '''T'''ransamination
* '''O''' - '''O'''xidative decarboxylation
* '''D''' - '''D'''ehydrogenation


==Niacin Deficiency==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The famous 4 D's'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The famous 4 D's'''}}</font>
# Diarrhea
# Diarrhea
# Dermatitis
# Dermatitis
# Dementia
# Dementia
# Death (if untreated)  
# Death (if untreated)
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The 3D's of pellagra'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The 3D's of pellagra'''}}</font>
Vitamin B3 (niacin, nicotinic acid) deficiency
Vitamin B3 (niacin, nicotinic acid) deficiency
# Dermatitis
# Dermatitis
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# Dementia
# Dementia


==Creatine Phosphate: Amino Acid Precursors==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Nice GAMs!'''}}</font>
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* '''G''' - '''G'''lycine
 
* '''A''' - '''A'''rginine
==Folate Deficiency Causes==
* '''M''' - '''M'''ethionine
 
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''A FOLIC DROP'''}}</font>
* Alcoholism
* Folic acid antagonists
* Oral contraceptives
* Low dietary intake
* Infection with Giardia
* Celiac sprue
* Dilatin
* Relative folate deficiency
* Old
* Pregnant
 
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==Fat Soluble Vitamins==


==Enzymes Classification==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Over The HILL'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''The FAT cat is in the ADEK (attic)'''}}</font>
* '''O''' - '''O'''xidoreductases
Fat soluble vitamins are ''A,D,E,K.'''
* '''T''' - '''T'''ransferases
* '''H''' - '''H'''ydrolases
* '''I''' - '''I'''somerases
* '''L''' - '''L'''igases
* '''L''' - '''L'''yases


==Collagen==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''COLLAGEN'''}}</font>
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* '''C''' - '''C'''-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / '''C'''ovalent '''C'''ross links/ '''C''' vitamin/ '''C'''onnective tissue/ '''C'''artilage/ '''C'''hondroblasts/ '''C'''opper Cofactor (Covalent Cross linking)
* '''O''' - '''O'''utside the cell is where collagen normally functions/ '''O'''steoblasts/ '''O'''steogenesis imperfecta
* '''L''' - '''L'''ysyl hydroxylase / '''L'''ysyl oxidase (oxidatively deaminates lysyl and hydroxylysyl residues to form collagen cross links, last biosynthesis step)
* '''L''' - '''L'''ong triple helical fibers / '''L'''igaments
* '''A''' - '''A'''lpha chains / '''A'''ttached by H bonds form triple helix / '''A'''scorbate for hydroxylation of lysyl and prolyl residues of pro-Alpha chains
(postranslational modification)
* '''G''' - '''G'''ly in every third position / '''G'''lycosylation of hydroxyl group of hydroxylysine with '''G'''lucose and '''G'''alactose; '''GO'''lgi allows procollagen to '''GO''' outside of cell
* '''E''' - '''E'''xtracellular matrix / '''E'''ye (cornea, sclera) / '''E'''hlers-Danlos Syndrome
* '''N''' - '''N'''-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / '''N'''onhelical terminal extensions


==Hypervitaminosis A==
==Hypervitaminosis A==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|Increased Vitamin A makes you '''HARD'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|Increased Vitamin A makes you '''HARD'''}}</font>
* '''H''' - '''H'''eadache / '''H'''epatomegaly
* '''H''' - '''H'''eadache / '''H'''epatomegaly
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* '''R''' - '''R'''eally painful bones
* '''R''' - '''R'''eally painful bones
* '''D''' - '''D'''ry skin / '''D'''rowsiness
* '''D''' - '''D'''ry skin / '''D'''rowsiness
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<font color="Navy">'''8. History Taking'''</font>
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==Alcoholism Screening==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CAGE'''}}</font>
* Have you ever felt it necessary to '''C'''UT DOWN on your drinking?
* Have you ever been '''A'''NNOYED when people suggest you cut down on your drinking?
* Have you ever felt '''G'''UILTY about your drinking?
* Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the morning for an '''E'''YE OPENER?
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==Chief Complaint==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''OPQRST'''}}</font>
* '''O''' - '''O'''nset of pain:  what was the patient doing when the pain started?
* '''P''' - '''P'''alliative or '''P'''rovocative factors for the pain
* '''Q''' - '''Q'''uality of pain (burning, stabbing, aching, etc.)
* '''R''' - '''R'''adiation (up to jaw, down left arm, etc.)
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity of pain (usually 1 - 10 scale)
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming of pain (eg: after meals, in the morning, how long it lasts, etc.)
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''SOCRATES'''}}</font>
* '''S''' - '''S'''ite of pain
* '''O''' - '''O'''nset of pain
* '''C''' - '''C'''haracter of pain: dull, sharp, aching, stabbing, tearing
* '''R''' - '''R'''adiation of pain: central abdominal pain radiating to Right Iliac Fossa
* '''A''' - '''A'''ssociated factors: eg. nausea/vomiting
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming of pain/duration
* '''E''' - '''E'''xacerbating/alleviating factors
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity of pain (1 - 10 scale)
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ASCLAST'''}}</font>
* '''A''' - '''A'''ggravatiing and '''A'''lleviating factors
* '''S''' - '''S'''everity
* '''C''' - '''C'''haracter, quality
* '''L''' - '''L'''ocation
* '''A''' - '''A'''ssociated symptoms
* '''S''' - '''S'''etting
* '''T''' - '''T'''iming
NOTE: ASCLAST means let the patient talk first, then ask him/her specific questions.
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==Hospital Admission Orders==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DAVE WILMINGTON'''}}</font>
* '''D'''iet
* '''A'''ctivity
* '''V'''ital signs: how often to monitor
* '''E'''xcrement: test urine/stool
* '''W'''eight: how often to monitor
* '''I''' / O: monitor input/output
* '''L'''abs: which/how often
* '''M'''eds: which/route/interval
* '''I''' V fluids: what/at what rate
* '''N'''ursing care: e.g. position, wound care, up in chair, ostomy care
* '''G'''eneral care: e.g. physical/respiratory therapy
* '''T'''ests: e.g. X-ray/EKG/EEG
* '''O'''bserve for: reaction/seizure/neuro exams
* '''N'''otify parameters: e.g. Temperature > 100 F / respiration changes
After noting date and time of admission as well as diagnosis and condition (ADC), use the mnemonic to ensure all areas are addressed, but not all apply to every patient.
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ADC VAAN DIML''', pronounced ADC van dim(e)L}}</font>
* '''A'''dmit: 23 hours, full admit, service of attending
* '''D'''iagnosis
* '''C'''ondition: "Stable"/"Guarded"
* '''V'''itals: post-op, routine, q 1 hour
* '''A'''llergies
* '''A'''ctivities: strict bed rest/fall precautions/ad lib/bathroom privileges
* '''N'''ursing: strict I&O's/daily weights/call P.R.N.
* '''D'''iet: NPO/regular/clears/advance diet as tolerated/2000 cal ADA/renal
* '''I'''V fluids: D5, 1/2 NS, 20 KCL at 110 ml/hr, LR @ 100 ml/hr
* '''M'''eds: scheduled and PRN's
* '''L'''abs and X-ray: CBC in AM, PCXR in PACU
Note that IV fluids follows Diet. If one writes NPO, then '''all''' such patients get maintenance fluids (use the 4-2-1 rule).
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==Post-Op Fever Causes==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Five W's'''}}</font>
* '''W'''ind: pneumonia, atelectasis
* '''W'''ound: wound infections
* '''W'''ater: urinary tract infection
* '''W'''alking: DVT/PE (walking can help reduce DVT/PE)
* '''W'''onderdrugs: especially anesthesia
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==Predisposing Conditions for Pulmonary Embolism==
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<font color="red">{{cquote|'''TOM SCH PREFER'''}}</font>
* '''T''' - '''T'''rauma
* '''O''' - '''O'''besity
* '''M''' - '''M'''alignancy
* '''S''' - '''S'''urgery
* '''C''' - '''C'''ardiac disease
* '''H''' - '''H'''ospitalization
* '''P''' - '''P'''ast history
* '''R''' - '''R'''est (bed-bound)
* '''E''' - '''E'''strogen, pregnancy, post-partum
* '''F''' - '''F'''racture
* '''E''' - '''E'''lderly
* '''R''' - '''R'''oad trip
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==Compartment Syndrome Signs (Arterial Occlusion)==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''6 P's'''}}</font>
# Pain
# Pale (Pallor)
# Perishing with Cold (Poikilothermia)
# Pulseless
# Paresthesias
# Paralysis
</div></div>
</div></div>
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<font color="Navy">'''9. Pathology'''</font>
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==Causes of Diseases==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''VITAMIN C'''}}</font>
*'''V'''ascular
*'''I'''nfectious
*'''T'''rauma
*'''A'''uto-immune
*'''M'''etabolic
*'''I'''diopathic/Iatrogenic
*'''N'''eoplastic
*'''C'''ongenital
</div></div>
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==Signs of Inflammation==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
# '''Rubor''': redness/erythema
# '''Calor''': raised temperature
# '''Tumor''': swelling
# '''Dolor''': pain
# '''Functio Laesa''': loss of function
- Described by Celsus
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==Hypersentivity Reactions (Gell & Goombs Classification)==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ACID'''}}</font> <font color="red">{{cquote|'''A'''nna '''C'''ycled '''I'''mmediately '''D'''ownhill}}</font>
# Type I  '''A'''naphylaxis
# Type II  '''C'''ytotoxic-mediated
# Type III '''I'''mmune-complex
# Type IV  '''D'''elayed hypersensitivity
</div></div>
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==Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
Each of the MENs is a disease of '''three or two letters plus a feature'''; all are autosomal dominant.
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MEN I:  3 P's'''}}</font>
# '''P'''ituitary
# '''P'''arathyroid
# '''P'''ancreas
# Plus Adrenal cortex
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MEN II:  2 C's'''}}</font>
# '''C'''arcinoma of thyroid
# '''C'''atacholamines (pheochromocytoma)
- MEN IIA: parathyroid
- MEN IIB (MEN III): mucocutaneous neuromas for
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==Acute Pneumonia Infiltrates==
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* '''P'''yogenic bacteria: '''P'''MN infiltrate
* '''M'''iscellaneous microbes: '''M'''ononuclear infiltrate
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==Takayasu's Disease/Pulseless Disease==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''When you have Takayasu's, I can't Tak'a yu pulse'''}}</font>
</div></div>
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==CBC Normal Differential==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N'''ever '''L'''et '''M'''onkeys '''E'''at '''B'''ananas}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''N'''ice '''L'''adies '''M'''ake '''E'''aster '''B'''read"}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''60''', '''30''', '''6''', '''3''', '''1'''}}</font>
# '''N'''eutrophils: '''60'''%
# '''L'''ymphocytes: '''30'''%
# '''M'''onocytes: '''6'''%
# '''E'''osinophils: '''3'''%
# '''B'''asophils: '''1'''%
</div></div>
</div></div>
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<font color="Navy">'''10. Causes'''</font>
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==Metabolic Acidosis Causes==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MUDPILES'''}}</font>
* '''M'''ethanol poisoning
* '''U'''remia
* '''D'''iabetic Keto-acidosis
* '''P'''ara-aldehyde ingestion
* '''I'''schemia
* '''L'''actic Acidosis
* '''E'''thanol poisoning
* '''S'''alicylate ingestion
</div></div>
==Metabolic Acidosis (Normal Anion-Gap) Causes==
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===With Hyperkalemia===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''RAISE K+'''}}</font>
* RTA type 4
* Aldosterone or mineralocorticord deficiency
* Iatrogenic: NH4Cl, HCl
* "Stenosis": obstructive uropathy
* Early uremia
</div></div>
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===With hypokalemia===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ReDUCE K+'''}}</font>
* Renal TA type 1 and 2
* Diarrhoea
* Urine diversion into gut
* Carbonate anhydrase inhibitor
* Ex-hyperventilation
</div></div>
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==BUN & Creatinine Elevation Causes==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''ABCD'''}}</font>
* '''A''' - '''A'''zotremia (pre-renal)
* '''B''' - '''B'''leeding (GI)
* '''C''' - '''C'''atabolic status
* '''D''' - '''D'''iet (high protein parenteral nutrition)
</div></div>
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==Hypercalcemia Causes==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''PAM SCHMIDT'''}}</font>
* '''P'''aget's Disease
* '''A'''myloid
* '''M'''ultiple Myeloma
* '''S'''arcoid
* '''C'''ancer
* '''H'''ormomal (para-thyroid)
* '''M'''ilk-alkali Syndrome
* '''I'''mmobilization
* '''D'''-vitamin overdose
* '''T'''hyrotoxicosis
'''OR'''
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''MISHAP'''}}</font>
* '''M'''alignancy
* '''I'''ntoxication (hypervitaminosis)
* '''S'''arcoidosis
* '''H'''yperparathyroidism
* '''A'''lkali (Milk) syndrome
* '''P'''aget's Disease (bone)
Also consider Addison's disease, thiazide diuretics and simple lab error
</div></div>
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==Acute Pancreatitis Causes==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''GET SMASHED'''}}</font>
# '''G'''all stones
# '''E'''thanol
# '''T'''rauma
# '''S'''teroids
# '''M'''umps
# '''A'''utoimmune disease
# '''S'''corpion venom
# '''H'''yperlipidemia
# '''E'''RCP (dye)
# '''D'''rugs (Azathioprine, Asparginase, Mercaptopurines, Pentamidine)
Alcohol and Gallstones are the most common causes.
</div></div>
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==Back Pain Causes==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DISK MASS'''}}</font>
* '''D'''-'''D'''egeneration: DJD, Osteoporosis, spondylosis
* '''I'''-'''I'''nfection: UTI, PID, Potts, osteomyelitis, prostatitis, Injury/fracture, compression fracture
* '''S'''-'''S'''pondylitis, ankylosing Spondyloarthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis, Reiters,  SLE)
* '''K'''-'''K'''idney stones/infarction/infection (pyelo/abscess)
* '''M'''-'''M'''ultiple myeloma, '''M'''etastasis from breast, prostate, lung, thyroid, kidney CA
* '''A'''-'''A'''neurysm, '''A'''bdominal pain referred to the back (see acute abdominal pain)
* '''S'''-'''S'''lipped disk, '''S'''pondylolisthesis
* '''S'''-'''S'''train, '''S'''coliosis/lordosis, '''S'''kin: herpes zoster
</div></div>
</div></div>
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<font color="Navy">'''11. Treatment'''</font>
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==Syncope Management==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''If the face is red, raise the head!'''}}</font>
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''If the face is pale, raise the tail!'''}}</font>
</div></div>
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==Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Sunday Hot Day, Better Give Iced Fluids Today!'''}}</font>
* '''S'''- Stop all triggering agents, give 100% O2
* '''H'''- Hyperventillate
* '''D'''- Dantrolene 2.5 mg/kg
* '''B'''- Bicarbonate
* '''G'''- Glucose and Insulin
* '''I'''- IV Fluids, Cooling Blanket
* '''F'''- Fluid Output; Furosemide
* '''T'''- Tachycardia, be prepared to treat V Tach
</div></div>
</div></div>
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<font color="Navy">'''12. Genetics'''</font>
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==Down Syndrome Features==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CHILD HAS PROBLEM!'''}}</font>
* '''C'''ongenital heart disease/ '''C'''ataracts
* '''H'''ypotonia/ Hypothyroidism
* '''I'''ncure 5th finger/ '''I'''ncreased gap between 1st and 2nd toe
* '''L'''eukemia risk x2/ '''L'''ung problem
* '''D'''uodenal atresia/ '''D'''elayed development
* '''H'''irshsprung's disease/ '''H'''earing loss
* '''A'''lzheimer's disease/ Alantoaxial instability
* '''S'''quint/ Short neck
* '''P'''rotruding tongue/ '''P'''alm crease
* '''R'''ound face/ '''R'''olling eye (nystagmus)
* '''O'''cciput flat/ '''O'''blique eye fissure
* '''B'''rushfield spot/ '''B'''rachycephaly
* '''L'''ow nasal bridge/ '''L'''anguage problem
* '''E'''picanthic fold/ '''E'''ar folded
* '''M'''ental retardation/ '''M'''yoclonus
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''DOWN'''}}</font>
* '''D'''ecreased alpha-fetoprotein and unconjugated estriol (maternal)
* '''O'''ne extra chromosome twenty-one
* '''W'''omen of advanced age
* '''N'''on-disjunction during maternal meiosis
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''Drink at 21'''}}</font>
Chromosome 21
</div></div>
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==Patau's Syndrome - Chromosome 13==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''P'''uberty at 13}}</font>
</div></div>
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==Edward's Syndrome - Chromosome 18==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|Election voter at 18}}</font>
</div></div>
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==DiGeorge (Velocardiofacial) Syndrome==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''CATCH 22'''}}</font>
* '''C'''ardiac abnormalities
* '''A'''bnormal facies
* '''T'''hymic aplasia
* '''C'''left palate
* '''H'''ypocalcemia
* '''22'''q11 deletion
</div></div>
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==Marfan Syndrome Features==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
# '''M'''itral valve prolapse - MVP
# '''A'''ortic Aneurysm
# '''R'''etinal detachment
# '''F'''ibrillin
# '''A'''rachnodactyly
# '''N'''egative '''N'''itroprusside test (differentiates from homocystinuria)
</div></div>
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==Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'"Polycystic kidney"' has '''16 letters'''}}</font>
Also,  and is due to a defect on chromosome 16.
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''APKD'''}}</font>
ADult Polycystic Kidney Disease is  Autosomal Dominant
</div></div>
</div></div>
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<font color="Navy">'''13. Pediatrics'''</font>
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==APGAR Score==
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<font color="red">{{cquote|'''APGAR'''}}</font>
* '''A'''ppearance (color): blue/pale, trunk pink, all pink
* '''P'''ulse (heart rate): 0, <100, 100+
* '''G'''rimace (reflex irritability): 0, grimace, grimace+cough
* '''A'''ctivity (muscle tone): limp, some, active
* '''R'''espiration (respiratory effort): 0, irregular, regular
- Score 0-2 at 1 and 5 minutes in each of 5 categories, being 10 the perfect score.
</div></div>

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1. Anatomy

GI Anatomy

“ Dow Jones Industrial Average Closing Stock Report ”

From proximal to distal:

  1. Duodenum
  2. Jejunum
  3. Ileum
  4. Appendix
  5. Colon
  6. Sigmoid
  7. Rectum

Brachial Plexus Organization

“ Radical Teachers Drink Cold Beers ”

“ Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beers ”

“ Robert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer ”

“ Red Trucks Drive Cats Nuts ”
  1. Roots
  2. Trunks
  3. Divisions
  4. Cords
  5. Branches

Cranial Nerves

“ On Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops ”

“ Our Only Object To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls Vagina And Hymen ”
  1. I - olfactory
  2. II - optic
  3. III - oculomotor
  4. IV - trochlear
  5. V - trigeminal
  6. VI - abducens
  7. VII - facial
  8. VIII - acoustic (vestibulocochlear)
  9. IX - glossophrayngeal
  10. X - vagus
  11. XI - accessory
  12. XII - hypoglossal

Extraocular Muscles Innervation

“ LR6 SO4 3 ”
  • LR 6 - Lateral Rectus by the VI cranial nerve (Abducens)
  • SO 4 - Superior Oblique by the IV cranial nerve (Trochlear)
  • 3 - The remaining by the III cranial nerve (Occulomotor)

“ LAST ”
  • L - Lateral Rectus
  • A - Abducens Nerve
  • S - Superior Oblique
  • T - Trochlear Nerve

Facial Nerve Branches

“ Two Zebras Bought My Car ”

“ Two Zebras Bit My Cookie ”

“ To Zanzibar By Motor Car ”

“ Ten Zulus Buggered My Cat ”
  1. Temporal
  2. Zygomatic
  3. Buccal
  4. Mandibular
  5. Cervical

Penis Innervation

“ Point and Shoot ”
  • Parasympathetic causes erection
  • Sympathetic causes ejaculation

“ S2, 3, 4 keep the penis off the floor ”
  • Innervation of the penis by branches of the pudendal nerve, derived from spinal cord levels S 2-4

Aorta Branches

“ ABC'S ”
  • Aortic arch gives off the:
  1. B - Bracheiocephalic trunk
  2. C - Left Common Carotid
  3. S - Left Subclavian artery

Femoral Triangle Structures in Order

“ N (AVEL) ”
  • Nerve
  • Artery
  • Vein
  • Empty space
  • Lymphatics

- Parenthesis includes things contained in the femoral sheath.

2. Cell Biology

Cell Division Phases

“ People Meet And Talk ”
  • P - Prophase
  • M - Metaphase
  • A - Anaphase
  • T - Telophase

Cell Cycle Stages

“ Go Sally Go! Make Children! ”
  • G1 phase - Growth phase 1
  • S phase - DNA synthesis
  • G2 phase - Growth phase 2
  • M phase - Mitosis
  • C phase - Cytokinesis

Golgi Complex Functions

“ Golgi Distributes A SPAM ”
  • Distributes proteins and lipids from ER
  • Add mannose onto specific lysosome proteins
  • Sulfation of sugars and slected tyrosine
  • Proteoglycan assembly
  • Add O-oligosugars to serine and threnonine
  • Modify N-ologosugars on asparagine

Collagen

“ COLLAGEN ”
  • C - C-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / Covalent Cross links/ C vitamin/ Connective tissue/ Cartilage/Chondroblasts/Copper Cofactor (Covalent Cross linking)
  • O - Outside the cell is where collagen normally functions/ Osteoblasts/ Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • L - Lysyl hydroxylase / Lysyl oxidase (oxidatively deaminates lysyl and hydroxylysyl residues to form collagen cross links, last biosynthesis step)
  • L - Long triple helical fibers / Ligaments
  • A - Alpha chains / Attached by H bonds form triple helix / Ascorbate for hydroxylation of lysyl and prolyl residues of pro-Alpha chains

(postranslational modification)

  • G - Gly in every third position / Glycosylation of hydroxyl group of hydroxylysine with Glucose and Galactose;GOlgi allows procollagen to GO outside of cell
  • E - Extracellular matrix / Eye (cornea, sclera) / Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • N - N-terminal propeptide (procollagen) / Nonhelical terminal extensions

3. Molecular Biology

Carbon Monoxide: Electron Transport Chain Target

“ CO blocks CO ”

Carbon monoxide (CO) blocks Cytochrome Oxidase (CO)

Hemoglobin Binding Curve: Right Shift Causes

“ CADET, face right! ”
  • C = Increase in carbon dioxide
  • A = Acidosis (low ph)
  • D = Increase in 2,3 DPG aka 2,3 BPG
  • E = Exercise
  • T = increase in temperature

G-proteins Receptors

“ QISS & QIQ" (Kiss and Kick) ”

In alphabetical order

  • Q: alpha 1
  • I: alpha 2
  • S: beta 1
  • S: beta 2
  • &
  • Q: M1
  • I: M2
  • Q: M3

Adrenaline Mechanism

“ ABC of Adrenaline ”
  • Adrenaline--> activates
  • Beta receptors--> increases
  • Cyclic AMP

4. Biochemistry

Enzymes Classification

“ Over The HILL ”
  • O - Oxidoreductases
  • T - Transferases
  • H - Hydrolases
  • I - Isomerases
  • L - Ligases
  • L - Lyases

Glycolysis Enzymes

“ Hungry Peter Pan And The Growling Pink Panther Eat Pies ”
  • Hexokinase
  • Phosphohexo isomerase
  • Phosphofructokinase-1 (6-phosphofructo-1 kinase)
  • Aldolase, Triose phosphate isomerase
  • Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
  • Phosphoglycerate kinase
  • Phosphoglycerate mutase
  • Enolase
  • Pyruvate kinase

Glycolysis Steps

“ Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies ”
  • Glucose
  • Glucose-6-P
  • Fructose-6-P
  • Fructose-1,6-diP
  • Dihydroxyacetone-P
  • Glyceraldehyde-P
  • 1,3-Biphosphoglycerate
  • 3-Phosphoglycerate
  • 2-Phosphoglycerate (to)
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP] Pyruvate • 'Did', 'By' and 'Pies' tell you the first part of those three: di-, bi-, and py-.

• 'PrEPare' tells location of PEP in the process.

5. Metabolism


Metabolism Sites

“ Use both arms to HUG ”
  1. Heme synthesis
  2. Urea cycle
  3. Gluconeogenesis

These reactions occur in both cytoplasm and mitochondria

AcetylCoA and AcetacetylCoA

“ A Lighter Lease (A LyTr LeIs) ”

Amino acids forming them:

  • A=AcetylCoA or Acetoacetyl CoA
  • Ly=Lysine
  • Tr=Tryptophan
  • Le=Leucine
  • Is=Isoleucine

Citric Acid Cycle Compounds

“ Our City Is Kept Safe And Sound From Malice ”
  • Oxaloacetate
  • Citrate
  • Isocitrate
  • alpha-Ketoglutarate
  • Succinyl-CoA
  • Succinate
  • Fumarate
  • Malate

“ Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer? ”
  • Citrate
  • Isocitrate
  • alpha-Ketogluterate
  • Succinyl CoA
  • Succinate
  • Fumerate
  • Malate
  • Oxaloacetate

“ Oh! Can I Keep Some Succinate For Myself? ”

“ Oh Citric Acid Is Of (course) A SiLly STupid Funny Molecule ”
  • Oxaloacetate
  • Citrate
  • Isocitrate, alpha-Ketoglutarate
  • Succinyl CoA
  • Succinate
  • Fumarate
  • Malate

Citric Acid Cycle Enzymes

“ Corrupt Anti Intelligence Agent Spoke Slander For Money ”
  • Citrate synthatase
  • Aconitase
  • Isocitrate dehydrogenase
  • Alpha ketogluturate dehydrogenase
  • Succinyl CoA synthetase
  • Succinate dehydrogenase
  • Fumarase
  • Malate Dehydrogenase

Essential Amino Acids

“ P ri V a T e TIM HALL ”

“ PVT. TIM HALL ”

“ "PVT. TIM HALL always argues, never tires" ”
  • P - Phe
  • V - Val
  • T - Thr
  • T - Trp
  • I - Ile
  • M - Met
  • H - His
  • A - Arg
  • L - Leu
  • L - Lys
  • Pvt. is short for Private in the military
  • Arg and His are considered semi-essential
  • Alternatively: MATT VIL PHLy

Creatine Phosphate: Amino Acid Precursors

“ Nice GAMs! ”
  • G - Glycine
  • A - Arginine
  • M - Methionine

Branched Chain Amino Acids Catabolism Steps

“ Truck hit the Ox to Death ”
  • T - Transamination
  • O - Oxidative decarboxylation
  • D - Dehydrogenation

Branched-chain Amino Acids Used by Skeletal Muscle (Fasting State)

“ Muscles LIVe fast ”
  • Leucine
  • Isoleucine
  • Valine

Urea Cycle

“ Ordinarily Careless Crappers Are Also Frivolous About Urination! ”
  • O - Ornithine
  • C - Carbamoyl
  • C - Citrulline
  • A - Aspartate
  • A - Arginosuccinate
  • F - Fumarate
  • A - Arginine
  • U - Urea

Pyrimidines Nucleotides

“ CUT the PY (pie) ”
  • Cytosine
  • Uracil
  • Thiamine
  • The
  • PYrimidines

6. Enzyme Deficiencies

G6PD: Oxidant Drugs Inducing Hemolytic Anemia

“ AAA ”
  • Antibiotic (eg: sufamethoxazole)
  • Antimalarial (eg: primaquine)
  • Antipyretics (eg: acetanilid, but not aspirin or acetaminophen)

Pompe's Disease

“ Type "Police: Po + lys" ”
  • POmpe's disease is a LYSosomal storage disease (alpha 1,4 glucosidase)

Galactosemia

“ GALIPUT ”
  • Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase
  • There is an assay called the Galiput test for this

Fabry's Disease

“ FABRY ' S ”
  • F - Foam cells found in glomeruli and tubules / Febrile episodes
  • A - Alpha galactosidase A deficiency / Angiokeratomas
  • B - Burning pain in extremities / BUN increased in serum / Boys
  • R - Renal failure
  • Y - YX genotype (male, X linked recessive)
  • S - Sphingolipidoses

Hurler Syndrome Features

“ HURLER'S ”
  • Heptosplenomegaly
  • Ugly facies
  • Recessive (AR inheritance)
  • L-iduronidase deficiency (alpha)
  • Eyes clouded
  • Retarded
  • Stubby fingers/Short

Acute Intermittent Porphyria

“ 5 P's ”
  • Pain in abdomen
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Psychologial abnormalities
  • Pink urine
  • Precipitated by drugs (eg barbiturates, oral contraceptives, sulpha drugs)

7. Vitamins

B Vitamins

“ The Rhythm Nearly Proved Contagious ”

In increasing order:

  • T - Thiamine (B1)
  • R - Riboflavin (B2)
  • N - Niacin (B3)
  • P - Pyridoxine (B6)
  • C - Cobalamin (B12)

Niacin Deficiency

“ The famous 4 D's ”
  1. Diarrhea
  2. Dermatitis
  3. Dementia
  4. Death (if untreated)

“ The 3D's of pellagra ”

Vitamin B3 (niacin, nicotinic acid) deficiency

  1. Dermatitis
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Dementia

Folate Deficiency Causes

“ A FOLIC DROP ”
  • Alcoholism
  • Folic acid antagonists
  • Oral contraceptives
  • Low dietary intake
  • Infection with Giardia
  • Celiac sprue
  • Dilatin
  • Relative folate deficiency
  • Old
  • Pregnant

Fat Soluble Vitamins

“ The FAT cat is in the ADEK (attic) ”

Fat soluble vitamins are A,D,E,K.'

Hypervitaminosis A

“ Increased Vitamin A makes you HARD ”
  • H - Headache / Hepatomegaly
  • A - Anorexia / Alopecia
  • R - Really painful bones
  • D - Dry skin / Drowsiness

8. History Taking

Alcoholism Screening

“ CAGE ”
  • Have you ever felt it necessary to CUT DOWN on your drinking?
  • Have you ever been ANNOYED when people suggest you cut down on your drinking?
  • Have you ever felt GUILTY about your drinking?
  • Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the morning for an EYE OPENER?

Chief Complaint

“ OPQRST ”
  • O - Onset of pain: what was the patient doing when the pain started?
  • P - Palliative or Provocative factors for the pain
  • Q - Quality of pain (burning, stabbing, aching, etc.)
  • R - Radiation (up to jaw, down left arm, etc.)
  • S - Severity of pain (usually 1 - 10 scale)
  • T - Timing of pain (eg: after meals, in the morning, how long it lasts, etc.)

“ SOCRATES ”
  • S - Site of pain
  • O - Onset of pain
  • C - Character of pain: dull, sharp, aching, stabbing, tearing
  • R - Radiation of pain: central abdominal pain radiating to Right Iliac Fossa
  • A - Associated factors: eg. nausea/vomiting
  • T - Timing of pain/duration
  • E - Exacerbating/alleviating factors
  • S - Severity of pain (1 - 10 scale)

“ ASCLAST ”
  • A - Aggravatiing and Alleviating factors
  • S - Severity
  • C - Character, quality
  • L - Location
  • A - Associated symptoms
  • S - Setting
  • T - Timing

NOTE: ASCLAST means let the patient talk first, then ask him/her specific questions.

Hospital Admission Orders

“ DAVE WILMINGTON ”
  • Diet
  • Activity
  • Vital signs: how often to monitor
  • Excrement: test urine/stool
  • Weight: how often to monitor
  • I / O: monitor input/output
  • Labs: which/how often
  • Meds: which/route/interval
  • I V fluids: what/at what rate
  • Nursing care: e.g. position, wound care, up in chair, ostomy care
  • General care: e.g. physical/respiratory therapy
  • Tests: e.g. X-ray/EKG/EEG
  • Observe for: reaction/seizure/neuro exams
  • Notify parameters: e.g. Temperature > 100 F / respiration changes

After noting date and time of admission as well as diagnosis and condition (ADC), use the mnemonic to ensure all areas are addressed, but not all apply to every patient.

“ ADC VAAN DIML, pronounced ADC van dim(e)L ”
  • Admit: 23 hours, full admit, service of attending
  • Diagnosis
  • Condition: "Stable"/"Guarded"
  • Vitals: post-op, routine, q 1 hour
  • Allergies
  • Activities: strict bed rest/fall precautions/ad lib/bathroom privileges
  • Nursing: strict I&O's/daily weights/call P.R.N.
  • Diet: NPO/regular/clears/advance diet as tolerated/2000 cal ADA/renal
  • IV fluids: D5, 1/2 NS, 20 KCL at 110 ml/hr, LR @ 100 ml/hr
  • Meds: scheduled and PRN's
  • Labs and X-ray: CBC in AM, PCXR in PACU

Note that IV fluids follows Diet. If one writes NPO, then all such patients get maintenance fluids (use the 4-2-1 rule).

Post-Op Fever Causes

“ Five W's ”
  • Wind: pneumonia, atelectasis
  • Wound: wound infections
  • Water: urinary tract infection
  • Walking: DVT/PE (walking can help reduce DVT/PE)
  • Wonderdrugs: especially anesthesia

Predisposing Conditions for Pulmonary Embolism

“ TOM SCH PREFER ”
  • T - Trauma
  • O - Obesity
  • M - Malignancy
  • S - Surgery
  • C - Cardiac disease
  • H - Hospitalization
  • P - Past history
  • R - Rest (bed-bound)
  • E - Estrogen, pregnancy, post-partum
  • F - Fracture
  • E - Elderly
  • R - Road trip

Compartment Syndrome Signs (Arterial Occlusion)

“ 6 P's ”
  1. Pain
  2. Pale (Pallor)
  3. Perishing with Cold (Poikilothermia)
  4. Pulseless
  5. Paresthesias
  6. Paralysis

9. Pathology

Causes of Diseases

“ VITAMIN C ”
  • Vascular
  • Infectious
  • Trauma
  • Auto-immune
  • Metabolic
  • Idiopathic/Iatrogenic
  • Neoplastic
  • Congenital

Signs of Inflammation

  1. Rubor: redness/erythema
  2. Calor: raised temperature
  3. Tumor: swelling
  4. Dolor: pain
  5. Functio Laesa: loss of function

- Described by Celsus

Hypersentivity Reactions (Gell & Goombs Classification)

“ ACID ”
“ Anna Cycled Immediately Downhill ”
  1. Type I Anaphylaxis
  2. Type II Cytotoxic-mediated
  3. Type III Immune-complex
  4. Type IV Delayed hypersensitivity

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)

Each of the MENs is a disease of three or two letters plus a feature; all are autosomal dominant.

“ MEN I: 3 P's ”
  1. Pituitary
  2. Parathyroid
  3. Pancreas
  4. Plus Adrenal cortex

“ MEN II: 2 C's ”
  1. Carcinoma of thyroid
  2. Catacholamines (pheochromocytoma)

- MEN IIA: parathyroid - MEN IIB (MEN III): mucocutaneous neuromas for

Acute Pneumonia Infiltrates

  • Pyogenic bacteria: PMN infiltrate
  • Miscellaneous microbes: Mononuclear infiltrate

Takayasu's Disease/Pulseless Disease

“ When you have Takayasu's, I can't Tak'a yu pulse ”

CBC Normal Differential

“ Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas ”

“ Nice Ladies Make Easter Bread" ”

“ 60, 30, 6, 3, 1 ”
  1. Neutrophils: 60%
  2. Lymphocytes: 30%
  3. Monocytes: 6%
  4. Eosinophils: 3%
  5. Basophils: 1%

10. Causes

Metabolic Acidosis Causes

“ MUDPILES ”
  • Methanol poisoning
  • Uremia
  • Diabetic Keto-acidosis
  • Para-aldehyde ingestion
  • Ischemia
  • Lactic Acidosis
  • Ethanol poisoning
  • Salicylate ingestion

Metabolic Acidosis (Normal Anion-Gap) Causes

With Hyperkalemia

“ RAISE K+ ”
  • RTA type 4
  • Aldosterone or mineralocorticord deficiency
  • Iatrogenic: NH4Cl, HCl
  • "Stenosis": obstructive uropathy
  • Early uremia

With hypokalemia

“ ReDUCE K+ ”
  • Renal TA type 1 and 2
  • Diarrhoea
  • Urine diversion into gut
  • Carbonate anhydrase inhibitor
  • Ex-hyperventilation

BUN & Creatinine Elevation Causes

“ ABCD ”
  • A - Azotremia (pre-renal)
  • B - Bleeding (GI)
  • C - Catabolic status
  • D - Diet (high protein parenteral nutrition)

Hypercalcemia Causes

“ PAM SCHMIDT ”
  • Paget's Disease
  • Amyloid
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Sarcoid
  • Cancer
  • Hormomal (para-thyroid)
  • Milk-alkali Syndrome
  • Immobilization
  • D-vitamin overdose
  • Thyrotoxicosis

OR

“ MISHAP ”
  • Malignancy
  • Intoxication (hypervitaminosis)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Alkali (Milk) syndrome
  • Paget's Disease (bone)

Also consider Addison's disease, thiazide diuretics and simple lab error

Acute Pancreatitis Causes

“ GET SMASHED ”
  1. Gall stones
  2. Ethanol
  3. Trauma
  4. Steroids
  5. Mumps
  6. Autoimmune disease
  7. Scorpion venom
  8. Hyperlipidemia
  9. ERCP (dye)
  10. Drugs (Azathioprine, Asparginase, Mercaptopurines, Pentamidine)

Alcohol and Gallstones are the most common causes.

Back Pain Causes

“ DISK MASS ”
  • D-Degeneration: DJD, Osteoporosis, spondylosis
  • I-Infection: UTI, PID, Potts, osteomyelitis, prostatitis, Injury/fracture, compression fracture
  • S-Spondylitis, ankylosing Spondyloarthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis, Reiters, SLE)
  • K-Kidney stones/infarction/infection (pyelo/abscess)
  • M-Multiple myeloma, Metastasis from breast, prostate, lung, thyroid, kidney CA
  • A-Aneurysm, Abdominal pain referred to the back (see acute abdominal pain)
  • S-Slipped disk, Spondylolisthesis
  • S-Strain, Scoliosis/lordosis, Skin: herpes zoster

11. Treatment

Syncope Management

“ If the face is red, raise the head! ”

“ If the face is pale, raise the tail! ”

Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment

“ Sunday Hot Day, Better Give Iced Fluids Today! ”
  • S- Stop all triggering agents, give 100% O2
  • H- Hyperventillate
  • D- Dantrolene 2.5 mg/kg
  • B- Bicarbonate
  • G- Glucose and Insulin
  • I- IV Fluids, Cooling Blanket
  • F- Fluid Output; Furosemide
  • T- Tachycardia, be prepared to treat V Tach

12. Genetics

Down Syndrome Features

“ CHILD HAS PROBLEM! ”
  • Congenital heart disease/ Cataracts
  • Hypotonia/ Hypothyroidism
  • Incure 5th finger/ Increased gap between 1st and 2nd toe
  • Leukemia risk x2/ Lung problem
  • Duodenal atresia/ Delayed development
  • Hirshsprung's disease/ Hearing loss
  • Alzheimer's disease/ Alantoaxial instability
  • Squint/ Short neck
  • Protruding tongue/ Palm crease
  • Round face/ Rolling eye (nystagmus)
  • Occiput flat/ Oblique eye fissure
  • Brushfield spot/ Brachycephaly
  • Low nasal bridge/ Language problem
  • Epicanthic fold/ Ear folded
  • Mental retardation/ Myoclonus

“ DOWN ”
  • Decreased alpha-fetoprotein and unconjugated estriol (maternal)
  • One extra chromosome twenty-one
  • Women of advanced age
  • Non-disjunction during maternal meiosis

“ Drink at 21 ”

Chromosome 21

Patau's Syndrome - Chromosome 13

“ Puberty at 13 ”

Edward's Syndrome - Chromosome 18

“ Election voter at 18 ”

DiGeorge (Velocardiofacial) Syndrome

“ CATCH 22 ”
  • Cardiac abnormalities
  • Abnormal facies
  • Thymic aplasia
  • Cleft palate
  • Hypocalcemia
  • 22q11 deletion

Marfan Syndrome Features

  1. Mitral valve prolapse - MVP
  2. Aortic Aneurysm
  3. Retinal detachment
  4. Fibrillin
  5. Arachnodactyly
  6. Negative Nitroprusside test (differentiates from homocystinuria)

Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease

“ '"Polycystic kidney"' has 16 letters ”

Also, and is due to a defect on chromosome 16.

“ APKD ”

ADult Polycystic Kidney Disease is Autosomal Dominant

13. Pediatrics

APGAR Score

“ APGAR ”
  • Appearance (color): blue/pale, trunk pink, all pink
  • Pulse (heart rate): 0, <100, 100+
  • Grimace (reflex irritability): 0, grimace, grimace+cough
  • Activity (muscle tone): limp, some, active
  • Respiration (respiratory effort): 0, irregular, regular

- Score 0-2 at 1 and 5 minutes in each of 5 categories, being 10 the perfect score.

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