Headache +Fever + Meningism = Meningitis [ Meningism= Headache, neck rigidity, photophobia]
Carpopedal spasm+ stridor+ convulsion = Tetany
Trismus, Risus sardonicus, and opisthotonus= Tetanus
Bradycardia+HTN+Irregular respiration= Raised ICP (Cushing’s triad)
Muffled heart sound+Raised JVP+Hypotension= cardiac temponade (Beck’s triad)
Fever+Abdominal pain+Jaundice= Ascending Cholangitis (Charcot’s triad)
Fever+Abdominal pain+Renal angle tenderness= Pyelonephritis
Conjunctivitis+ urethritis+ arthritis = Reactive arthritis (can be remembered as: can’t see, can’t pee, can’t climb a tree!)
Rapid thready pulse+ hypotension+ cold skin= Hypovolemic shock
Bounding pulse+ hypotension+ warm skin+ sepsis= septic shock
Bradycardia+hypotension+cold skin= Neurogenic shock
Lower limb weakness+ bowel/bladder dysfunction+ saddle anaesthesia = cauda equina syndrome
Benign ovarian tumor+Ascitis+pleural effusion= Meigs syndrome
RA+ Splenomegaly+ Neutropenia= Felty’s syndrome
Purpura+ Abdominal pain+ Joint pain= Henoch Schonlein purpura