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Takayasu's disease is Pulseless disease

"Can't Tak'a ya pulse" (Can't take your pulse):
Takayasu's disease known as Pulseless disease, since pulse is weakened in the upper extremities.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Acute ischemia: signs [especially limbs]

6 P's:
Pain
Pallor
Pulselessness
Paralysis
Paraesthesia
Perishingly cold
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---Shebrain Cairo University

Hypertension: secondary hypertension causes

CHAPS:
Cushing's syndrome
Hyperaldosteronism [aka Conn's syndrome]
Aorta coarctation
Phaeochromocytoma
Stenosis of renal arteries
· Note: only 5% of hypertension cases are secondary, rest are primary.
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---Anonymous Contributor

MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI

"C-AST-Le" (castle):
CK-MB first
AST second
LDH third
· Also: can use the last 'E' for ESR.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Atherosclerosis risk factors

"You're a SAD BET with these risk factors":
Sex: male
Age: middle-aged, elderly
Diabetes mellitus
BP high: hypertension
Elevated cholesterol
Tobacco
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---HBV Morehouse School of Medicine

Atherosclerosis risk factors

SHIFT MAID:
Smoking
Hypertension
(N)IDDM
Family history
Triglycerdides & fats
Male
Age
Inactivity
Diet / Drink
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---Marcus McMillan Glasgow University

Thrombus: possible fates

DOPE:
Dissolution
Organization & repair
Propagation
Embolization
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI

"Time to CALL 911":
· From first to appear to last:
Troponin
CK-MB
AST
LDH1
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---Marco Foramiglio Centro de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas - PUC/SP- Sorocaba/SP - Brazil

Blood disorders: commoner sex

HE (male) gets:
HEmophilia (X-linked)
HEinz bodies (G6PD deficiency, causing HEmolytic anemia: X-linked)
HEmochromatosis (male predominance)
HEart attacks (male predominance)
HEnoch-Schonlein purpura (male predominance)
SHE (female) gets:
SHEehan's syndrome
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---Anonymous Contributor

Deep venous thrombosis: genetic causes

ALASCA:
Antithrombin III
Leiden (Factor V)
APC (Activated Protein C)
S-protein deficiency
C-protein deficiency
Antiphospholipid antibody
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---Anonymous Contributor University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand