'AVOID KMART' (Not intended to discourage shopping at Kmart!)
Credit: Mnemonic taken from 'Pocket Guide to Internship: Common Clinical Cases' by
Dr Sanjaya Senanayake
Autoimmune: SLE, RA, Scleroderma, Rheumatic fever, sarcoidosis
Viral (most common): Coxsackie B, EBV, echovirus, Influenza, mumps, VZV, HIV
Others (Bacterial, fungal, protozoal, parasitic): e.g. purulent (Strep pneumoniae, staph, meningococcus, H. influenzae), TB
Idiopathic
Drugs: hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, anticoagulants, procainamide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphomides
Kidney: (Uraemic pericarditis. Occurs in 6-10% of patients with advanced renal failure when dialysis is delayed)
Malignancy: (Primary: Benign/malignant, mesothelioma; Metastatic: Lung, breast, lymphoma, leukemia)
AMI
Radiotherapy
Trauma, Hypothyroidism
Credit: Mnemonic taken from 'Pocket Guide to Internship: Common Clinical Cases' by
Dr Sanjaya Senanayake
Autoimmune: SLE, RA, Scleroderma, Rheumatic fever, sarcoidosis
Viral (most common): Coxsackie B, EBV, echovirus, Influenza, mumps, VZV, HIV
Others (Bacterial, fungal, protozoal, parasitic): e.g. purulent (Strep pneumoniae, staph, meningococcus, H. influenzae), TB
Idiopathic
Drugs: hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, anticoagulants, procainamide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphomides
Kidney: (Uraemic pericarditis. Occurs in 6-10% of patients with advanced renal failure when dialysis is delayed)
Malignancy: (Primary: Benign/malignant, mesothelioma; Metastatic: Lung, breast, lymphoma, leukemia)
AMI
Radiotherapy
Trauma, Hypothyroidism