Tips and Tricks!
DEM
D angers
R esponse
A irways
B reathing
C irculation
D efibrillation/ Disability
E xposure
Dermatology
History
Explanation of procedure(s):
N ature
A lternatives
R isks of procedure
C omplications
O f refusal
B enefits
Aetiology: (CATNIPMD)
C ongenital
A cquired (Trauma, Neoplastic, Infective/inflammatory, Parasitic, Metabolic, Degenerative)
Immunology
Pharmacology
Extrapyrimidal side effects (EPS)
DISCO IN THIS INN
4h - DYStonia
4d - akINesia
4w - atkanTHISia
4mo - tardive diskINesia
Investigations
D angers
R esponse
A irways
B reathing
C irculation
D efibrillation/ Disability
E xposure
Dermatology
- BCC can occur in non exposed areas, unlike SCC
- Keratocanthoma has a central core
- <0.7mm thick melanoma = good prognosis
History
Explanation of procedure(s):
N ature
A lternatives
R isks of procedure
C omplications
O f refusal
B enefits
Aetiology: (CATNIPMD)
C ongenital
A cquired (Trauma, Neoplastic, Infective/inflammatory, Parasitic, Metabolic, Degenerative)
Immunology
- SLE 4/11 sx:
- S erosis (pericarditis/ pleuritis)
- O ral ulcers
- A rthritis
- P hotosensitivity
- B loods (dec WCC, RCC, platelets)
- R enal failure
- A NA
- I mmune (anti-dsDNA, anti phospholipid, anti-Smith (SM))
- N euro (seizure, psychosis)
- M alar rash (butterfly)
- D iscoid rash (papular)
- Sarcoidosis
- S kin (erythema nodosum, lupus pernio, scar infiltration)
- A rthritis (hands/ feet)
- R esp (b/l hilar lymphadenopathy)
- C alcinosis (renal failure)/ CNS+PNS palsy
- O cular (uveitis, keratoconjunctivitis, glaucoma)
- I nterstitial lung disease (pul infiltrates)
- D iabetes Insipidous
Pharmacology
Extrapyrimidal side effects (EPS)
DISCO IN THIS INN
4h - DYStonia
4d - akINesia
4w - atkanTHISia
4mo - tardive diskINesia
Investigations
- Actual Na = Measured Na = 0.3 (BSL - 5.5)
- General ROT: CRP - Acute inflammation; ESR - chronic inflammation
- Lipids: TC <4.0 mmol/L; HDL-C ≥1.0 mmol/L; LDL-C <2.0 mmol/L; Non HDL-C <2.5