General surgery

Causes of right lower quadrant pain

" APPENDICITIS "

  • Appendicitis/ Abscess
  • PID/ Period
  • Pancreatitis
  • Ectopic/ Endometriosis
  • Neoplasia
  • Diverticulitis
  • Intussusception
  • Crohns Disease/ Cyst (ovarian)
  • IBD
  • Torsion (ovary)
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Peripheral vascular diseases

" ABCDEF "

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Buerger's disease (TAO)
  • Cyanosis/ Cold agglutinin/ Connective tissue disease (Raynaud's phenomenon)
  • Deep vein phlebothrombosis
  • Embolism
  • inFlammation of veins

 

(TAO: Thromboangiitis obliterans)

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Spinal levels

L1 to S1:  "Transc.End S.N.A.Ps"

  • L1: Transpyloric plane
  • L2: End of Spinal cord in adults
  • L3: Subcostal plane
  • L4: Navel  (umbilicus)
  • L5: Anterior Superior Iliac Spine
  • S1: Pubic symphysis

 

 

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Eye signs in Thyrotoxicosis

Use these tips to remember eye signs.

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