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Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Colon Cancer

Whipple procedure

RJ sign

Letter Sign Name Specialty Associated conditions External link (if no internal link) Descriptor A Aaron sign Charles Dettie Aaron surgery appendicitis epigastric pain with pressure on McBurney's point A Abadie's sign Jean Marie Charles Abadie endocrinology Graves' disease levator palpebrae superioris spasm A Abadie's symptom Joseph Louis Irenée Jean Abadie neurology tabes dorsalis absence of pain on Achilles tendon pressure A Abderhalden reaction Emil Abderhalden obstetrics pregnancy serum reaction;obsolete A Abelin reaction Isaak Abelin infectious disease syphilis presence of arsenical anti-syphilitic;obsolete A Addis count Thomas Addis nephrology pyelonephritis quantitative cells and casts in 24hr. urine A Adie pupil William John Adie neurology ciliary nerve damage dilated pupil, poorly reactive but with normal near accommodation A Adson's sign Alfred Washington Adson vascular surgery thoracic outlet sy...

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY MNEMONICS

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY                  MNEMONICS                                                                 P ost-partum examination simplified checklist   BUBBLES : B reast U terus B owel B ladder L ochia E pisotomy S urgical site (for Cesarean section) Postpartum collapse: causes   HEPARINS : H emorrhage E clampsia P ulmonary embolism A mniotic fluid embolism R egional anaethetic complications I nfarction (MI) N eurogenic shock S eptic shock Multiple pregnancy complications   HI, PAPA : H ydramnios (Poly) I UGR P reterm labour A ntepartum haemorrhage P re-eclampsia A bortion IUD: side effects   PAINS : P eriod that is late A bdominal cramps I ncrease in body temperature N oticeable vaginal di...