GastroEnterology Mnemonics


Extra-colonic manifestations of UC & Crohns
A PIE SACK
Aphthous ulcers,
pyoderma gangrenosum,
Iritis (uveitis),
Erythema nodosum
Sclerosing cholangitis,
Ank spon & arthritis,
clubbing,
kidney - nephrotic

Hepatic Encephalopathy
HEPATICUS
Haemorrhage,
Electrolye imbalance (↓K+ alkalosis),
protein XS (↑NH4 + XS),
Alcohol/ Analgesics,
Trauma,
Infxn,
Constipation,
Uraemia,
Surgery (post systemic shunt)

Haemorrhagic Ascites
MARA
Malignancy,
Acute pancreatitis,
Ruptured ectopic,
abdo trauma

Gallstones
5Fs
Fat,
female,
fair,
fertile,
forty


Gastric Malignancy
5As
Anaemia,
Anorexia,
Aesthenia,
Acanthosis Nigricans,
blood Group A

Jaundice
ABCDEFGHIJ
Anaesthetics (halothane),
Blood transfusions,
Contacts,
Drugs,
Ethanol,
Foreign travel,
Gallstones / Gilberts,
Homosexual / Haemophilia / Hepatitis,
Idiopathic / IVDA
Job - farmers, sewage workers (leptospirosis - Weils)


Mouth Ulcers
DRAG TIE
Drug (gold, steroid),
Rheumatological (bechet, reiter),
Apthous,
??
Trauma,
Infecion (HSV, VZV; syphilis, TB,)
Erythema Multiforme