triads of conditions

beck’s triad (clue: 3D’s)

distended jugular vein, decreased BP, diminished heart sounds

charcot’s triad (clue: SIN)

scanning speech, intention tremor, nystagmus

asthma triad

wheezing, coughing, dyspnea

wernicke’s encephalopathy triad (clue: werniCOA) - acute B1 (thiamine) deficiency

confusion, opthalmophlegia, ataxia

felty’s syndrome

RA, leukopenia, splenomegaly

korsakoff’s syndrome (clue: korsaCAP) - chronic B1 (thiamine) deficiency

confabulations, amnesia, peripheral neuropathy

pulmonary stenosis, transposition of aorta, R ventricular hypertrophy, interventricular septal defect

defects in Tetralogy of Fallot or blue baby (clue: PARI)

jones’ criteria of rheumatic heart disease

joint pain, carditis, nodules, elevated ESR, syndenham chorea or st. vitus dance

heterotrophic ossification

LOM, local swelling, warmth

kluver bucy syndrome (damage to amygdala which regulates sexual desire)

hypersexuality, hyperorality, psychic blindness

charcot joint

hypermobile, swelling, painless, unstable

dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, cough

pulmonary embolism might present as

hearing loss, anemia, poor vision

presentation of osteopetrosis

diphtheria

(+) thick, gray coating called pseudomembrane covering tissues in nose, tonsils, voice box, throat

wet, wobbly, wacky
urinary incontinence, ataxic gait, dementia

normal pressure hydrocephalus (clue: 3Ws)

friedrich ataxia

condx characterized by age 20, gait ataxia, progressive paralysis

pes cavus, hammer toes, scoliosis, decreased DTR

deformities in friedrich ataxia