History Acronyms

Question 1

Acronym for urological

Answer 1

FUN WISE
Frequency
Uregency
Nocturia

Weak stream
Intermittent stream
Straining
Emptying incompletely

Question 2

Sx of pyelonephritis?

Answer 2

Loin pain, fever & N/V

Question 3

Sx of a UTI?

Answer 3

Frequency, urgency, fever, dysuria (FU FD)

Question 4

Sx of renal failure?

Answer 4

URIAS

Oligouria, nocturne, polyuria

Question 5

What might be worth asking about in urological FHx?

Answer 5

PKD

Question 6

Cerebellar acronym

Answer 6

VANISHED

Vertigo
Ataxia 
Nystagmus
Intention tremor
Speech
Hypotonia 
Exagertated past-pointing 
Dysdiadochinesia

Question 7

Spine exam

Answer 7

Intro: Expose arms; gait; look
Feel: patient supine; do lymph nodes
Move: “chin to chest” “look up to the ceiling” “ear to shoulder” “

“touch your t

Question 8

Signs of coeliac?

Answer 8

Weight loss etc, ulcers, bloating, tummy pain, constipation

Question 9

ABC acronym for what?

Answer 9

Abdo pain, bloating, constipation

Question 10

When discussing the possibility of a seizure what must you ask about? 2 factors?

Answer 10

Loss of consciousness & loss of power

Question 11

What to ask about with tired all the time?

Answer 11

Change in bowels/appetite (thyroid), polyuria/polydipsia (diabetes) bowel ca, GI bleed, GI etc (anaemia)