Thread: Endocrinology Mnemonics

Endocrinology Mnemonics

Acromegaly
HOT ACROMEGALY
Heart failure, / hypertension,
Oedema,
Teeth wide spaced
Appearance / Amenorrhoea,
Carpal tunnel syn / coarse skin / voice, Reek,
Oily skin,
Myopathy,
Eye (prominent supra-orbital ridge),
Goitre / gain wt/ galactorhoea / glycosuria, arthropathy,
large tongue & nose,


Acidosis
Metabolic LUSK
Lactic,
Uraemic,
Salicylate,
Ketoacidosis

Ketoacidosis
SAD
Starvation,
Alcohol,
DM

Increased Anion Gap
MUD PILES
Methanol / metformin,
Uraemia,
DKA / AKA
Paraldehyde / phenformin,
Iron / INH,
Lactic,
Ethylene glycol,
salicylate / shock / sepsis / starvation

Normal Anion Gap Acidosis
HARD UP
Hyperventilation /hyperalimentation,
Acetazolamide,
RTA,
Diarrhoea
Ureteral diversion (ureterosigmoidostomy),
Pancreatic fistula / parenteral NaCl

Addisons Causes
ANTAM
Autoimmune,
Neoplastic,
TB,
Amyloid,
Meningococcal (Waterhouse-Freidhrick)

Diabetes, complications
KNIVES
Kidney,
Neuropathy,
Infection,
Vascular,
Eyes,
Skin lesions

Hypercalcaemia
NHS MTV FAPD
Neoplastic (Bony mets, Myeloma, Sq lung),
Hyperparathyroidism,
Sarcoid
Milk-alkali syn.,
Thyrotoxicosis,
Vit D intoxication
Pagets (acute),
Addisons,
Familial,
Drugs

Hypoglycaemia
RE-EXPLAIN
Renal failure,
Exogenous,
Pituitary,
Liver failure,
Alcohol,
Infection,
Neoplasm (insulinoma)

Multiple endocrine neoplasia
MEN I
T3P
Thyroid adenoma,
Parathyroid,
Pituitary,
Pancreas (islet cell, ZE syndrome)

MEN IIa
2PM
Parathyroid,
Phaeo,
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC – calcitonin)

MEN IIb
2PM MG
As above, plus,
Marfanoid phenotypes,
Ganglioneuroma (intestinal & visceral)

Osmolar Gaps
ME DIE
Methanol,
Ethanol
Diuretics (mannitol, sorbitol, glycerol),
Isopropranolol,
Ethylene glycol

Phaeochromocytoma
4Ps
Pain,
Pallor,
Palpitations,
Perspiration

Thank you very much.