[scrubaway010]

Thank you everyone for this mnemonic thread. It is really very useful.

Like BrandAidMaid, I would love to know something in Pharm. For instance someone mentioned about Cholinergic drugs and beta adrenergics, that was so good.

[Annie09]

Assess for treatable causes of changes in cognition and behavior. The mnemonic DEMENTIA can be used to remember potential causes:

• D: Drugs and alcohol—including over-the-counter drugs
• E: Eyes and ears—disorientation due to visual/auditory distortion
• M: Medical disorders—e.g., diabetes, hypothyroidism
• E: Emotional and psychological disturbances—e.g., mood or paranoid disorders
• N: Neurological disorders—e.g., multiinfarct dementia
• T: Tumors and trauma
• I: Infections—e.g., urinary tract or upper respiratory tract
• A: Arteriosclerosis—leading to heart failure, insufficient blood supply to heart and brain, and confusion

http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/Evolve/Ackley/NDH7e/Constructor

[hoopskirthippie]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19829/Medi...idney+mnemonic

has med-surg mneumonics to die for (poor choice of words there!) at the link above, including pharm ones. Good stuff!

~Nita Mc.