Home
About Us
Contact Us
Order
Topics
Free Resources
Books
Cool Links
Testimonials
Awards


Email Notification
Click here to enter your email for update information.
Privacy Statement
 

AFP, Coombs, CEA, PSA, ESR, bilirubin, BUN: 

Receive all the Free Resources Mnemonics (over 100 pages, 8x11) - The small fee of $1.50 is for bundling the download into a self-extracting file and maintaining the file updated (See Topics page)
___________________________________________________________

Elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) - They are B-O-L-D.

B-Balls: testicular tumor
O-Obituary: fetal death
L-Liver: hepatomas
D-neural tube Defects

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2001. All rights reserved.
January 9, 2001
___________________________________________________________

Direct Coombs test:

     D-Drug-induced hemolysis: methyldopa, levodopa, cephalosporins
     I-Immune hemolysis (autoimmune hemolytic anemia)
     R-Red blood cells with antibody or complement on the surface
        membrane
     E-Erythroblastosis fetalis
     T-Test for screening

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.
November 27, 2000
___________________________________________________________

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) - C-I-A

      C-Crohn's, ulcerative Colitis
      I-Icteric disease (liver disease)
      A-Adenocarcinoma (colon, pancreas, lung)

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.
November 27, 2000
___________________________________________________________

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test:

      P-Prostate carcinoma, BPH
      S-more Sensitive than...
      A-acid phosphatase.

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.
November 27, 2000
___________________________________________________________

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): S-P-I-D-E-R  T-O-X-I-N-S

S-Simple, cheap, but not specific
P-Pregnancy
I-Infections
D-DDx (e.g., RA vs. OA, acute MI vs. angina)
E-Endocrine - Hyper and Hypothyroidism
R-Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

T-Tuberculosis
O-pOlymyalgia rheumatica, postOp
X-deXtran in blood
I-Inflammatory processes
N-Neoplasms
S-Systemic lupus erythematosus

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.
November 6, 2000
___________________________________________________________

Elevated bilirubin: B-I-L-L-Y’S H-O-T Liver

B-Benign idiopathic cholestasis
I-Inherited defect in conjugation or bilirubin transport
L-Leptospirosis
L-Liver tumors: primary or metastatic (including L-Lymphoma)
Y-Inhalation anesthetics
S-Sepsis

H-Hemolysis
O-Obstruction: biliary obstruction (intrahepatic or extrahepatic)
T-Tuberculosis, congenital Toxoplasmosis

Liver disease: hepatocellular injury, hepatitis, cirrhosis


S. Levine, MD, PhD and Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000.
All rights reserved.
September 18, 2000
___________________________________________________________

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

-Increased BUN: GRAB Ur CuTe Ass (buns)!!

G-Glucocorticoids, GI bleeding
R-Reduced blood volume
A-Azotemia
B-Breakdown of Blood proteins to urea by intestinal Bacteria
  (particularly in upper GI bleeding)

Ur-Uremic acidosis

Cu-Catabolic state
Te-Tetracycline

Ass-Amino acids, high protein diet


-Decreased BUN: SLIM buns!

S-Sickle cell anemia
LI-Liver disease
M-Malnutrition, Muscle wasting

Sung H. Kim: Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.
September 18, 2000
___________________________________________________________
http://www.md4sure.com
Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.


About Us | Contact Us | Order | Topics | Resources | Books
Links | Testimonials | Privacy | Disclaimer

For Comments or questions, please mail us at: info@md4sure.com.
Copyright © 1999-2001. All Rights Reserved: S Levine, MD, PhD.