Medical Mnemonics

Potter syndrome features: POTTER
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Oligohydrominios
Twisted skin (wrinkly skin)
Twisted face (Potter facies)
Extremities defects
Renal agenesis (bilateral)
---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi
PriVaTe TIM HALL
Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryprophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Arginine
Leucine
Lysine
Croup Scoring: Remain Calm Coughing Makes Stridor Appear
Remain = Retractions (none --> intercostal & nasal flaring)
Calm = Colour (normal --> central cyanosis)
Coughing = Cough (none --> paroxysmal "bark")
Makes = Mental status (alert --> restless --> delirious)
Stridor = Stridor (none --> stethoscope --> without stethoscope)
Appear = Air entry (normal --> decreased --> delayed or minimal)
Based upon: Webb 1990.
Developmental Milestones, Pull-To-Sit Response in the Infant
At two months the head lags behind the trunk
At four months the head is kept in alignment with the body
At six months the head leads before the body
Developmental Milestones, Rolling and Sitting
Roll at four months (there are four letters in the word "ROLL")
Sits at Six months (sounds the same)
Developmental Milestones, Vision
20/20 visual acuity is developed by 20 months of age
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