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  2. Delta ratio - Wikipedia

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    For a list of the common anions responsible, see high anion gap metabolic acidosis. KULT is probably the easiest of the mnemonics to use (Ketones, Uremia, Lactate, Toxins). Toxins are an uncommon cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis – a list of the commonest toxins is ACE GIFTs [ibid]. Metformin as a pure toxicological cause is ...

  3. Source amnesia - Wikipedia

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    Source amnesia is the inability to remember where, when or how previously learned information has been acquired, while retaining the factual knowledge. [1] This branch of amnesia is associated with the malfunctioning of one's explicit memory.

  4. High anion gap metabolic acidosis - Wikipedia

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    High anion gap metabolic acidosis is a form of metabolic acidosis characterized by a high anion gap (a medical value based on the concentrations of ions in a patient's serum). Metabolic acidosis occurs when the body produces too much acid , or when the kidneys are not removing enough acid from the body.

  5. Exceptional memory - Wikipedia

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    Mnemonic devices are usually verbal, such as a special phrase, word or a short poem that individuals are familiar with. Each individual has two types of memory, termed "natural memory" and "artificial memory". [1] Mnemonic strategy is said to help develop artificial memory through learning and practicing memory techniques. [1]

  6. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...

  7. Mnemonist - Wikipedia

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    Many mnemonists have been studied in psychology labs over the last century, and most have been found to use mnemonic devices. Currently, all memory champions at the World Memory Championships have said that they use mnemonic strategies, such as the method of loci , to perform their memory feats.

  8. AEIOU-TIPS - Wikipedia

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    AEIOU-TIPS is a mnemonic acronym used by some medical professionals to recall the possible causes for altered mental status.Medical literature discusses its utility in determining differential diagnoses in various special populations presenting with altered mental status including infants, [1] children, [2] adolescents, [3] and the elderly. [4]

  9. Dissociative amnesia - Wikipedia

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    The neurological cause of psychogenic amnesia is controversial. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Even in cases of organic amnesia, where there is lesion or structural damage to the brain, caution must still be taken in defining causation, as only damage to areas of the brain crucial to memory processing is possible to result in memory impairment . [ 7 ]