Useful Mnemonics

Pain History (SOCRATES)

• Site
• Onset
• Character
• Radiation
• Associated symptoms
• Timing
• Exacerbating/relieving factors
• Severity

Surgical Sieve (INVITED MD)

• Infection,
• Neoplasia,
• Vascular,
• Inflammatory/autoimmune,
• Trauma,
• Endocrine,
• Degenerative,
• Metabolic,
• Drugs and congenital

Systems (MUNCHEBARS)

• Musculoskeletal
• Urinary
• Neuro
• Cardiovascular
• Hepatic
• Endocrine
• Blood
• Alimentary
• Respiratory
• Skin

Disease facts (In A Surgeons Gown A Physician Might Make SomeSignificant Progress)

• Incidence
• Age
• Sex
• Geography
• Aetiology
• Pathology (micro and macro)
• Signs
• Symptoms
• Prognosis