Medical profession's use of mind mapping

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Four sources of medical study mind maps are given.

Study and learning[edit]

ICU Mind Maps[edit]

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The medical profession makes extensive and deep use of information maps in its study programs. A significant example of this is ICU Mind Maps, a web page linking to many maps that cover the following:

Cardiovascular disease[edit]

Acute Coronary Syndromes /  Acute Myocardial Infarction – Complications /  Acute Pulmonary Oedema /  Acute Right Ventricular Failure /  Air Embolism /  Aortic Dissection /  Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines – 2006 changes /  Blood Supply of the Heart /  Cardiac Physiology /  Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema /  Conduction Disturbances /  Deep Vein Thrombosis /  Endocarditis /  Fat Embolism /  Heart Transplant /  Indications for Adult Cardiac Surgery /  Levosimendin /  Mechanisms of Arrhythmia /  Myocarditits /  Pericarditis /  Peripheral Arterial Disease Emergencies /  Pulmonary Embolism /  Pulmonary Hypertension /  Shock /  Sudden Cardiac Death /  Supraventicular Arrhythmias /  Treatment of Severe Heart Failure /  Troponin in Critical Illness /  Valvular Disease Emergencies /  Wide Complex Arrhythmias /  Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Dermatology[edit]

Life-threatening Cutaneous Reactions /  Pressure Areas

Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Respiratory Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Abnormal ventilator waveforms /  Adjunctive Respiratory Therapies /  Adjunctive Therapies for Oxygen /  Bag-Mask Ventilation /  Breathing circuits /  Bronchoscopy /  Endotracheal Tubes /  Failed Airway Techniques /  Haemodynamic Effects of Ventilation /  High Frequency Jet Ventilation /  Humidification (Inhalational) /  Hyperbaric Oxygen /  Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway /  Laryngeal Mask airway /  Laryngoscopes /  Mechanical Ventilation /  Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Airways /  Other Airway Devices /  Patient-Ventilator Interaction /  Percutaneous Tracheostomy /  Pleural Drainage

Other Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Central Venous Catheterisation /  Defibrillation /  Epidurals /  Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation /  Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump /  Invasive Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring /  Minnesota and Sengstaken-Blackmore Tubes /  Oesophageal Balloon Tamponade /  Overdrive Pacing /  Pacemakers – Pacing Wire Insertion /  Pacemakers – Pacing Modes /  Pacemakers – Temporary Epicardial Pacing /  Pacemakers – Troubleshooting /  Peripheral Venous Cannulae /  Physiotherapy /  Pressure Transduction Devices /  Pulmonary Artery Catheter /  Renal Replacement Therapy /  Ventricular Assist Devices

Gastrointestinal[edit]

Acute Pancreatitis /  Ascites /  Cholecystitis /  Diarrhoea in Critical Illness /  Fulminant Hepatic Failure /  Hepatopulmonary Syndrome /  Ileus /  Liver Transplant /  Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding /  Mesenteric Ischaemia /  Portal Hypertension /  Porto-Pulmonary Hypertension /  Pseudomembranous Colitis /  Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) /  Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Haematology, Oncology and Immunology[edit]

Anaemia /  Anaphylaxis /  Angioedema /  Antiphospholipid Syndrome /  Blood Transfusion Therapy /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Cardiac /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Complications /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Gastrointestinal /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Infections /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Neurological /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Renal /  Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy (DIC) /  Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HITS) /  Haematological Malignancies /  Organ Toxicity of Chemotherapy /  The Immunosuppressed Patient /  The Neutropaenic Patient /  Transfusion-Related Acute Lung injury (TRALI) /  Transfusion Reactions /  Thrombocytopaenic-Thrombotic Purpura (TTP) /  Tumour Lysis Syndrome

Infectious Diseases and Microbiology[edit]

Antimicrobials[edit]

Antimicrobial Summary I Antimicrobial Summary II /  Aminoglycosides /  Antifungals /  Antimicrobial Allergy /  Antivirals /  Beta-Lactams in Critical Care /  Fluoroquinolones /  Glycopeptides /  Linezolid /  Macrolides /  Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance /  Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance

Infectious Diseases[edit]

Aetiology of Specific infections /  Bacteraemia – Empiric Therapy /  Bacterial Meninigtis /  Bacterial Meningitis – Directed Therapy /  Botulism /  Brain Abscess /  Bone and Joint infections /  Candidiasis, Systemic /  Causes of Fever in ICU /  Central Nervous System Viral Infections /  Common Bacteria in ICU /  Corticosteroids in Sepsis /  C-Reactive Protein (CRP) /  Fungal Infections /  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) /  Infectious gastroenteritis – bacterial /  Infectious gastroenteritis – protozoal /  Influenza /  Intra-abdominal Infections /  Ludwig’s Angina /  Malaria /  Multiresistant bacteria /  Necrotizing Fasciitis /  Needlestick Injuries /  Nosocomial Infections /  Other Specific Infections /  Prevention of CVC Infections /  Procalcitonin /  Selective Digestive Decontamination /  Sepsis – Coagulation /  Sepsis – Diagnosis /  Sepsis – Inflammation /  Sepsis – Pathophysiology /  Sepsis – Surviving Sepsis Guidelines 2000 /  Sepsis – Treatment /  Skin and Soft Tissue Infections /  Toxic Shock Syndrome

Specific micro-organisms[edit]

Acinetobacter /  Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci /  Enterobacter /  Enterococcus /  Klebsiella /  Legionella /  Protozoans, Parasites and Rickettsia /  Pseudomonas /  Staphylococcus aureus /  Stenotrophomonas

Investigations and Monitoring[edit]

Imaging[edit]

CT Abdomen /  CT Chest /  Neuroimaging /  Radiograph: Abdominal /  Radiograph: Chest /  Radiograph: Chest – Abnormalities /  Radiograph: Pelvis /  Ultrasonography – Abdomen

Laboratory tests[edit]

Arterial Blood Gas /  Ascitic Fluid /  Autoimmune Markers /  Biochemical Abnormalities in ICU Patients /  Biochemical Abnormalities – Differential Diagnosis /  Cerebrospinal Fluid /  Coagulation tests in patients /  Coagulation tests /  Haematology Investigations /  Important ‘Gaps’ /  Joint Fluid /  Pleural Fluid

Monitoring and Other Investigations[edit]

Capnography /  Cardiac Output Monitoring /  Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring /  Electrocardiograph (ECG) Abnormalities /  Electroencephalography (EEG) /  Haemodynamic Monitoring I and Haemodynamic Monitoring II /  Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring /  Pulse Oximetry /  Respiratory Function Tests /  Temperature Measurement /  Urinalysis

Metabolism and Endocrinology[edit]

Acidosis in Renal Disease /  Additional Indices in Analysis /  Adrenal Insufficiency in Sepsis /  Approach to ABG Analysis /  Bicarbonate – Use in Critical Illness /  Calcium disorders /  Conn’s Syndrome /  Cushing Syndrome /  Diabetes Insipidus /  Hormonal Responses to Critical Illness /  Hyperkalemia – Treatment /  Hypernatraemia /  Hyperphosphataemia /  Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemic Syndrome (HHS) and Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) – Clinical Features /  Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemic Syndrome (HHS) and Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) – Treatment /  Hypoglycaemia /  Hypokalaemia /  Hyponatraemia /  Hypophosphataemia /  Hypopituitarism /  Ketoacidosis /  Lactic Acidosis /  Magnesium Disorders /  Metabolic Acidosis /  Metabolic Alkalosis /  Metabolic Responses to Critical Illness /  Myxoedema Coma – Clinical Features and Diagnosis /  Myxoedema Coma – Treatment /  Normal Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis (NAGMA) /  Obesity /  Phaeochromocytoma /  Respiratory Acidosis /  Respiratory Alkalosis /  Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH) /  Thyroid Storm – Clinical Features /  Thyroid Storm – Treatment

Neurology and Psychiatry[edit]

Bacterial Meninigtis /  Bacterial Meningitis – Directed Therapy /  Botulism /  Brain Abscess /  Brain Death /  Cerebral Neoplasm /  Cerebral Oedema /  Coma /  Epidural Abscess /  Examintion of the Comatose Patient /  Guillain-Barre Syndrome /  Hypoxic Brain Injury /  ICU-Acquired Weakness /  Intracerebral Haemorrhage /  Intracranial Hypertension – Management /  Ischaemic Stroke /  Lacunar Syndromes /  Motor Neuron Disease /  Myasthenia Gravis /  Neurocritical Care /  Neuroimaging /  Periodic Paralysis /  Respiratory Failure – Neuromuscular causes /  Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy /  Seizures in the Critically Ill /  Spinal Injury /  Subarachnoid Haemorrhage /  Suicide /  Tetanus /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Management /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Mechanisms /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Prognosis /  Venous Sinus Thrombosis /  Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System

Nutrition[edit]

Assessment of Nutritional status /  Enteral Nutrition /  Glutamine /  Micronutrients /  Nutrition /  Parenteral Nutrition

Obstetrics and Gynaecology[edit]

Airway Problems in Pregnancy /  Amniotic Fluid Embolism /  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy /  Ectopic Pregnancy /  Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy /  Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome /  Peripartum Cardiomyopathy /  Physiology of Pregnancy /  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease /  Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy /  Pre-existing Disease in Pregnancy /  Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy /  Septic Shock in Pregnancy

Respiratory[edit]

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) /  Acute Severe Asthma /  Airway Obstruction /  Aspiration Syndromes /  Community-Acquired Pneumonia /  COPD /  Haemoptysis /  Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia /  Lung Transplant /  Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema /  Pleural Disease /  Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised /  Pulmonary Mechanics /  Respiratory Physiology /  Tuberculosis /  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia – diagnosis /  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia – prophylaxis

(Also see the Respiratory section of Equipment and Procedures)[edit]

Renal[edit]

Acute Renal Failure /  CAPD peritonitis /  Contrast-induced Nephropathy /  Nephrolithiasis /  Renal Replacement Therapy /  Rhabdomyolysis /  TURP syndrome

Statistics and Evidence[edit]

Levels of Evidence /  Statistics /  Types of Studies

Toxicology[edit]

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis /  Alcohol Withdrawal /  Antidepressants, Other /  Antidotes /  Approach to the Poisoned Patient /  Calcium Channel Overdose /  Carbon Monoxide Poisoning /  Digoxin /  Envenomation /  Ethanol and Toxic Alcohol Poisoning /  Hyperthermia /  Hypothermia /  Lithium Overdose /  Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity /  Malignant Hyperthermia /  NSAIDs /  Opioids /  Organophosphates /  Paracetamol Overdose /  Sedative-Hypnotics /  Specific Overdoses I and Specific Overdoses II /  Specific Problems in the Poisoned Patient /  Theophylline and Other Methylxanthines /  Tricyclic Antidepressants

Trauma[edit]

Abdominal Trauma – Assessment /  Abdominal Trauma – ICU Management /  Assessment Principles in Trauma /  Emergency Thoracotomy /  Glasgow Coma Scale /  Head Injury /  Laryngeal and Tracheal Injury /  Spinal Injury /  Thoracic Trauma /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Management /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Mechanisms /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Prognosis

University of Dundee[edit]

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Another example is provided by the University of Dundee

This provides lecture mind maps as follows: Y1 – Cardiovascular Lectures /  Y1 – Genito Urinary Renal Lectures /  Y1 – Introduction to Systems of the Body Lectures /  Y1 – Musculoskeletal – Action Potentials – Dr NJ Part /  Y1 – Musculoskeletal Lectures /  Y1 – Respiration Lectures /  Y2 – Cardiovascular Lectures /  Y2 – Haematology Lectures /  Y2 – Respiratory Lectures /  Y3 – Ageing and Health Lectures /  Y3 – Dermatology Lectures /  Y3 – Life Cycle and Reproduction Lectures /  Y3 – Musculoskeletal Lectures /  Y3 – Ophthalmology Lectures /  Y3 – Renal and Urology Lectures /  Y3 Dermatology – Medico-Legal Implications – Dr R Henry /  Y3 Musculoskeletal – Concepts in Arthritis – Dr T Pullar /  Y3 Ophthalmology – The Red Eye – Dr Roxburgh /  Y3 Renal and Urology – Urinary Incontinence – Dr C Goodman /  Y3 Reproduction Lectures – Dr Gary Mires

In addition, a very large number of mind maps is provided for clinical textbooks in the following areas :-

Clinical medicine[edit]

  1. Infectious, Tropical Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  2. Cell and Molecular Biology
  3. Nutrition
  4. Gastroenterology
  5. Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Diseases
  6. Haematological Disease
  7. Medical Oncology
  8. Rheumatology and Bone Disease
  9. Renal Disease
  10. Water, Electrolytes and Acid-base Homeostasis
  11. Cardiovascular Disease
  12. Respiratory Disease
  13. Intensive Care Medicine
  14. Adverse Drug Reactions and Poisoning
  15. Environmental Medicine
  16. Endocrinology
  17. Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of the Metabolism
  18. Neurological Disease
  19. Psychological Medicine
  20. Dermatology
Appendix

Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery[edit]

The Ear[edit]
  1. Basic concepts
  2. Audiometry, vestibulometry and radiology
  3. Hearing loss – General introduction and childhood aetiology
  4. Hearing loss – Adult aetiology
  5. Aids to hearing
  6. Otalgia (earache)
  7. Otorrhoea
  8. Complications of middle ear infections
  9. Facial palsy
  10. Disorders of balance – introduction and otological causes
  11. Non-otological causes
  12. Tinnitus
  13. The auricle (pinna) and ear-wax
  14. Otological trauma and foreign bodies
  15. Aural drops
Nose and Paranasal Sinuses[edit]
  1. Anatomy and physiology
  2. Symptoms, signs and investigations
  3. Allergic and vasomotor rhinitis
  4. Nasal polyps and foreign bodies
  5. Nasal infections
  6. Nasal septal pathologies and choanal atresia
  7. Facial trauma
  8. Complications of facial trauma
  9. Facial plastic surgery
  10. Epistaxis
  11. Acute and chronic sinusitis
  12. Head and neck pain I
  13. Head and neck pain II
The Throat[edit]
  1. Anatomy and physiology
  2. Symptoms, signs and examinations
  3. Organic causes of dysphonia
  4. Non-organic causes of dysphonia
  5. Stridor
  6. Laryngotracheal injury
  7. Maintenance and protection of airway
  8. Postoperative care and complications of artificial airways
  9. Sore throats
  10. Tonsillectomy and adenoidal conditions
  11. Dysphagia
  12. Salivary glands
  13. Snoring and sleep apnoea
  14. Oral cavity
  15. Foreign bodies
  16. ENT aspects of HIV infection
Head and Neck Neoplasia[edit]
  1. Basic concepts
  2. Neck lumps – introduction
  3. Neck lumps – paediatric conditions
  4. Neck lumps – adult conditions
  5. Neck lumps – management of malignant lumps
  6. Laryngial neoplasia
  7. Laryngeal surgery and post-larengectomy rehabilitation
  8. Neoplasia of oral cavity
  9. Neoplasia of oropharynx
  10. Neoplasia of hypopharynx
  11. Neoplasia of nasopharynx
  12. Neoplasia of nose and paranasal sinus
  13. Neoplasia of salivary glands
  14. Neoplasia of the ear
  15. Terminal care

Mind Maps in Medicine[edit]

Cardiology[edit]
  1. Heart symptoms and signs
  2. Heart examinations
  3. Heart failure
  4. Ischaemic heart disease
  5. Myocardial disease
  6. Pericardial disease
  7. Rheumatic fever
  8. Endocarditis
  9. Left heart valves – aortic
  10. Left heart valves – mitral
  11. Right heart valves
  12. Supraventricular arrhythmias
  13. Ventricular arrhythmias
  14. Heart block
  15. Cardiovascular drugs
  16. Hypertension
  17. Acyanotic congenital heart disease I
  18. Acyanotic congenital heart disease II
  19. Cyanotic congenital heart disease
  20. Pulmonary embolism
Respiratory System[edit]
  1. Clinical_R
  2. Lower respiratory tract infections I
  3. Lower respiratory tract infections II
  4. Tuberculosis
  5. Post primary tuberculosis
  6. Bronchiectasis
  7. Chronic obstructive airway disease
  8. Respiratory failure
  9. Allergic disorders I
  10. Allergic disorders II
  11. Sarcoidosis
  12. Pulmonary fibrosis
  13. Pneumoconiosis
  14. Tumours
  15. Pleural disorders
  16. Lung cysts
  17. Mediastinal masses
Central Nervous System[edit]
  1. Cranial nerves 1 and 2
  2. Cranial nerves 3, 4 and 6A
  3. Cranial nerves 3, 4 and 6B
  4. Cranial nerves 5 and 7
  5. Cranial nerves 8-12
  6. Sensory and motor system
  7. Basal ganglia and extrapyramidal syndrome
  8. Spinal cord I
  9. Spinal cord II
  10. Headache
  11. Epilepsy
  12. Cerebrovascular disease I
  13. Cerebrovascular disease II
  14. Multiple sclerosis
  15. Intracranial tumours
  16. CNS infections
  17. Muscle disease
  18. Miscellaneous CNS
Blood Disease[edit]
  1. Clinical_B
  2. Blood constituents
  3. Iron deficiency anaemia
  4. Megaloblastic anaemia
  5. Haemolytic anaemia
  6. Miscellaneous anaemia
  7. Congenital red cell disorders
  8. Thalassaemia
  9. Sickle cell disease
  10. Myeloid diseases
  11. Miscellaneous blood disorders
  12. Leukaemia
  13. Lymphoma
  14. Myeloma
  15. Clotting disorders I
  16. Clotting disorders II
Kidney[edit]
  1. Structure and function
  2. Water and electrolytes I
  3. Water and electrolytes II
  4. Acute renal failure
  5. Chronic renal failure
  6. Glomerular disease
  7. Renal disease – focal
  8. Renal disease – miscellaneous
  9. Renal disease – inherited
  10. Nutrition
  11. Nutrition I
  12. Nutrition II
Gastrointestinal Tract[edit]
  1. Symptoms and signs
  2. Oesophagus
  3. Stomach and duodenum
  4. Malabsorption
  5. Inflammatory bowel disease
  6. Large bowel tumours
  7. Large bowel – miscellaneous
  8. Infectious diseases
  9. Biliary tract
  10. Pancreatitis
  11. Pancreas tumours
  12. Liver I
  13. Liver II
  14. Viral hepatitis
  15. Liver failure
  16. Cirrhosis
Metabolic Disorders[edit]
  1. Diabetes
  2. Diabetes mellitus complications
  3. Calcium and bone I
  4. Calcium and bone II
  5. Hyperlipoproteinaemia
Endocrine[edit]
  1. Pituitary I
  2. Pituitary II
  3. Sex hormones
  4. Thyroid disease I
  5. Thyroid disease II
  6. Adrenal disorders I
  7. Adrenal disorders II
  8. Pluriglandural syndromes
Connective tissues and joints[edit]
  1. Rheumatoid arthritis
  2. Ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthropathy
  3. Systemic lupus erythematosus
  4. Systemic sclerosis
  5. Polymyositis (dermatomyositis)
  6. Necrotising arteritis
  7. Soft tissues
  8. Joints
  9. Secondary arthritis
  10. Deposition disorders
  11. Infective arthritis
  12. Inherited disorders
Infectious diseases[edit]
  1. Childhood viral infections
  2. Upper respiratory tract I
  3. Upper respiratory tract II
  4. Diarrhoeal disease
  5. CNS
  6. Miscellaneous I
  7. Miscellaneous II
  8. Sexually transmitted diseases I
  9. Sexually transmitted diseases II
Tropical[edit]
  1. Malaria
  2. Protozoal disease
  3. Miscellaneous
  4. Helminthic infections I
  5. Helminthic infections II


To view these, you’ll need to download the Thoughtograph software, for which a link is provided at the above site.

Continuing Professional Development[edit]

MedMaps UK is a site offering mind maps on medical topics to medical professionals. Quote “The purpose of this website is to create a collection of free medical mindmaps in order to facilitate learning of complex topics.”

Cartes en médecine is a site in French with maps covering: ALD /  Cancérologie /  Hépato-gastro-entérologie /  Infectiologie /  Médecine générale /  Médico-social /  Nutrition /  Oto-rhino-laryngologie

Case management[edit]

Practise reference information[edit]

Organizing large medical reference sources[edit]

Navigating to appropriate sources[edit]

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