Dr. Sáïshă 3 months ago

Pancreatitis in a minute

A catchy and early learnt mnemonic for recalling some of the causes of pancreatitis is: I GET SMASHED 🥴🤯 Mnemonic 💁‍♀️ I: idiopathic G: gallstones, genetic - cystic fibrosis E: ethanol (alcohol) T: trauma S: steroids M: mumps (and other infections)/malignancy A: autoimmune S: scorpion stings/spider bites H: hyperlipidemia/hypercalcemia/hyperparathyroidism (metabolic disorders) E: ERCP D: drugs (tetracyclines, furosemide, azathioprine, thiazides and many others)