Anatomy subcategory
Respiratory Infection
Mnemonics for pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis.
Entries in Respiratory Infection
RIPE: Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol
A mnemonic for the first line antituberculous drugs and their toxicity.
Permanent bronchial dilatation from chronic infection and inflammation
A mnemonic for the causes and management of bronchiectasis.
Inspiration, glottic closure, compression, then explosive expiration
A memory aid for the stages and pathway of the cough reflex.
Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age 65
A mnemonic for scoring the severity of community acquired pneumonia.
A defective chloride channel causes thick secretions in every exocrine organ
A memory aid for the molecular defect in cystic fibrosis.
Cilia beat in a watery sol layer, moving an overlying gel layer of mucus upwards
A memory aid for the airway's mucociliary escalator.
The context predicts the organism
A memory aid for which organism to expect in which patient.
Chronic cough, weight loss, night sweats and upper lobe cavitation
A memory aid for the presentation of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Smear, culture and NAAT for active disease; Mantoux and IGRA for latent
A memory aid for the tests used in latent and active tuberculosis.