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Post-operative fever causes

Six W's:
Wind: pulmonary system is primary source of fever first 48 hours, may have pneumonia
Wound: infection at surgical site
Water: check IV for phlebitis
Walk: deep venous thrombosis, due to pelvic pooling or restricted mobility related to pain and fatigue
Whiz: urinary tract infection if urinary catheterization
Wonder drugs: drug-induced fever
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---Anonymous Contributor

Basophil morphology

Basophil has Big Blue Balls (granules).
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---Anonymous Contributor

Hypersensitivity reactions: Gell and Goombs nomenclature

ACID
· From I to IV:
Anaphylactic type: type I
Cytotoxic type: type II
Immune complex disease: type III
Delayed hypersensitivity (cell mediated): type IV
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---Anonymous Contributor

MHC I vs. II: T cell interaction

The "=8" equation:
2x4=8, and 1x8=8.
MHC II goes with CD4.
MHC I goes with CD8.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Immunoglobulin (Ig) types: the important ones worth remembering, in order of appearance

MAGDElaine (a girl's name):
IgM
IgA
IgG
IgD
IgE
· Magdelaine tells you the order they usually appear: M first, then A or G.
· Alternatively: IgM is IMmediate.
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---Magdelaine Deeby and Anonymous Contributor University College Dublin and University of Aberdeen

Neutrophil's 2 distinctive physical features

1: There's up to 5 lobes of the nucleus joined by thin appendages. Tie this to it being a neutrophil nucleus by arranging the 5 lobes into a capital N for Neutrophil.
2: the chicken leg (Barr Body) sticking out. Say it out loud: chick-N. The chick-N leg is for Neutrophil.

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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Hodgkin's lymphoma classification

A: Asymptomatic
B: Bad
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Acute inflammation features

SLIPR:
Swelling
Loss of function
Increased heat
Pain
Redness
· "What a cute pair of slippers" can be used to tie acute inflammation to SLIPR.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Tumor suppressor vs. proto-onogene mutations: recessive vs. dominant

"Recess Suppress":
Tumor suppressor mutations are recessive.
Proto-oncogenes are opposite (dominant).
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White blood cell relative concentrations

"Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas":
From greatest to least:
Neutrophils (65%)
Lymphocytes (25%)
Monocytes (6%)
Eosinophils (3%)
Basophils (1%)
· Alternatively: "Nine Little Monkeys Eating Bananas".
· Alternatively: "Noone Likes My Educational Background".
· Alternatively: "Never Let Mamma Eat Beans".
· Can remember that Eosinophils is 3%, by the mirror image of E is 3.
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---Anonymous Contributor and Dr. Atif Farooq and Anonymous Contributor University of Sydney, Australia and Rawalpindi Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan and Nurse