Systematic congenital heart diseases?

[irrka]

Anyone have a pneumonic or a good system or something for congenital heart disease learning? i managed to still not know it after the peds shelf (which luckily didnt have much on it in my case.... at least i dont think it did)

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[doc05]

if you're done with peds, then there's no reason to remember it. there's very little of that stuff on step 2.

 

[imtiaz]

the way i remembered it for step1 is all the 3 letter ones (ASD,VSD,PDA) are L->R, and all the other ones that arent 3 letter abbrevations (tetralogy of fallot, transposition, etc) are R->L.

 

[Boomer]

But tetralogy is so often noted TOF...damn....

By the way, anbody got a mnemonic for how to spell mnemonic????

 

[v-tach]

But tetralogy is so often noted TOF...damn....

By the way, anbody got a mnemonic for how to spell mnemonic????

And TGA = transposition of the great arteries.

 

[irrka]

ghmmm.... i was thinking more along the lines of a blue baby walks into a bar scenario.

 

[canjosh]

And TGA = transposition of the great arteries.

TGA=TOGA where I come from. Sounds more hip anyways.

 

[MD'05]

Anyone have a pneumonic or a good system or something for congenital heart disease learning? i managed to still not know it after the peds shelf (which luckily didnt have much on it in my case.... at least i dont think it did)

Do you own First Aid for Step 2? In the peds section there should be mnemonics.

 

[Oana]

Good ol' Robbins -- if it has a "D" in it, it's a L -> R (late cyanogenic, as it evolves to Eisenmenger syndrome). If on the other hand it has a "T" in it, it's a R -> L (early cyanogenic). So, go with Ds and Ts!

(PS: Ebstein anomaly has a "T" in it, too )

 

[irrka]

Do you own First Aid for Step 2? In the peds section there should be mnemonics.

nope, dont have a 1st aid, i've got a Crush St2. which is SKIMPY. is first aid worth getting?

 

[smgilles]

nope, dont have a 1st aid, i've got a Crush St2. which is SKIMPY. is first aid worth getting?

I just find it easiest to remember the 5 T's = blue baby

1. Transpostion of great arteries
2. Tetrology of Fallot
3. Truncus arteriosus
4. Tricuspid valve atresia
5. Total anomaly of the pulmonary veins

Everything else is L to R unless you get into Eisenmenger syndrome.

 

[ears]

And what's really cool about the five T's is that they're numbered 1 through 5.

1: Truncus arteriosus is a single outflow
2: Transposition of the two great arteries
3: Tricuspid valve atresia
4: Tetrology of Fallot
5: Total anomalous return of pulmonary veins has five words.

OK, number 5 is lame, but I still remember this, and peds is not my thing.