Medical profession's use of mind mapping
Four sources of medical study mind maps are given.
Contents
- 1 Study and learning
- 1.1 ICU Mind Maps
- 1.1.1 Cardiovascular disease
- 1.1.2 Dermatology
- 1.1.3 Equipment and Procedures
- 1.1.4 Gastrointestinal
- 1.1.5 Haematology, Oncology and Immunology
- 1.1.6 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
- 1.1.7 Investigations and Monitoring
- 1.1.8 Metabolism and Endocrinology
- 1.1.9 Neurology and Psychiatry
- 1.1.10 Nutrition
- 1.1.11 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- 1.1.12 Respiratory
- 1.1.13 Renal
- 1.1.14 Statistics and Evidence
- 1.1.15 Toxicology
- 1.1.16 Trauma
- 1.2 University of Dundee
- 1.1 ICU Mind Maps
- 2 Continuing Professional Development
- 3 Case management
- 4 Practise reference information
- 5 Organizing large medical reference sources
- 6 Navigating to appropriate sources
Study and learning[edit]
ICU Mind Maps[edit]
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]
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]
- Infectious, Tropical Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Nutrition
- Gastroenterology
- Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Diseases
- Haematological Disease
- Medical Oncology
- Rheumatology and Bone Disease
- Renal Disease
- Water, Electrolytes and Acid-base Homeostasis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Respiratory Disease
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Adverse Drug Reactions and Poisoning
- Environmental Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of the Metabolism
- Neurological Disease
- Psychological Medicine
- Dermatology
- Appendix
Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery[edit]
The Ear[edit]
- Basic concepts
- Audiometry, vestibulometry and radiology
- Hearing loss – General introduction and childhood aetiology
- Hearing loss – Adult aetiology
- Aids to hearing
- Otalgia (earache)
- Otorrhoea
- Complications of middle ear infections
- Facial palsy
- Disorders of balance – introduction and otological causes
- Non-otological causes
- Tinnitus
- The auricle (pinna) and ear-wax
- Otological trauma and foreign bodies
- Aural drops
Nose and Paranasal Sinuses[edit]
- Anatomy and physiology
- Symptoms, signs and investigations
- Allergic and vasomotor rhinitis
- Nasal polyps and foreign bodies
- Nasal infections
- Nasal septal pathologies and choanal atresia
- Facial trauma
- Complications of facial trauma
- Facial plastic surgery
- Epistaxis
- Acute and chronic sinusitis
- Head and neck pain I
- Head and neck pain II
The Throat[edit]
- Anatomy and physiology
- Symptoms, signs and examinations
- Organic causes of dysphonia
- Non-organic causes of dysphonia
- Stridor
- Laryngotracheal injury
- Maintenance and protection of airway
- Postoperative care and complications of artificial airways
- Sore throats
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidal conditions
- Dysphagia
- Salivary glands
- Snoring and sleep apnoea
- Oral cavity
- Foreign bodies
- ENT aspects of HIV infection
Head and Neck Neoplasia[edit]
- Basic concepts
- Neck lumps – introduction
- Neck lumps – paediatric conditions
- Neck lumps – adult conditions
- Neck lumps – management of malignant lumps
- Laryngial neoplasia
- Laryngeal surgery and post-larengectomy rehabilitation
- Neoplasia of oral cavity
- Neoplasia of oropharynx
- Neoplasia of hypopharynx
- Neoplasia of nasopharynx
- Neoplasia of nose and paranasal sinus
- Neoplasia of salivary glands
- Neoplasia of the ear
- Terminal care
Mind Maps in Medicine[edit]
Cardiology[edit]
- Heart symptoms and signs
- Heart examinations
- Heart failure
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Myocardial disease
- Pericardial disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Endocarditis
- Left heart valves – aortic
- Left heart valves – mitral
- Right heart valves
- Supraventricular arrhythmias
- Ventricular arrhythmias
- Heart block
- Cardiovascular drugs
- Hypertension
- Acyanotic congenital heart disease I
- Acyanotic congenital heart disease II
- Cyanotic congenital heart disease
- Pulmonary embolism
Respiratory System[edit]
- Clinical_R
- Lower respiratory tract infections I
- Lower respiratory tract infections II
- Tuberculosis
- Post primary tuberculosis
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic obstructive airway disease
- Respiratory failure
- Allergic disorders I
- Allergic disorders II
- Sarcoidosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pneumoconiosis
- Tumours
- Pleural disorders
- Lung cysts
- Mediastinal masses
Central Nervous System[edit]
- Cranial nerves 1 and 2
- Cranial nerves 3, 4 and 6A
- Cranial nerves 3, 4 and 6B
- Cranial nerves 5 and 7
- Cranial nerves 8-12
- Sensory and motor system
- Basal ganglia and extrapyramidal syndrome
- Spinal cord I
- Spinal cord II
- Headache
- Epilepsy
- Cerebrovascular disease I
- Cerebrovascular disease II
- Multiple sclerosis
- Intracranial tumours
- CNS infections
- Muscle disease
- Miscellaneous CNS
Blood Disease[edit]
- Clinical_B
- Blood constituents
- Iron deficiency anaemia
- Megaloblastic anaemia
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Miscellaneous anaemia
- Congenital red cell disorders
- Thalassaemia
- Sickle cell disease
- Myeloid diseases
- Miscellaneous blood disorders
- Leukaemia
- Lymphoma
- Myeloma
- Clotting disorders I
- Clotting disorders II
Kidney[edit]
- Structure and function
- Water and electrolytes I
- Water and electrolytes II
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
- Glomerular disease
- Renal disease – focal
- Renal disease – miscellaneous
- Renal disease – inherited
- Nutrition
- Nutrition I
- Nutrition II
Gastrointestinal Tract[edit]
- Symptoms and signs
- Oesophagus
- Stomach and duodenum
- Malabsorption
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Large bowel tumours
- Large bowel – miscellaneous
- Infectious diseases
- Biliary tract
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreas tumours
- Liver I
- Liver II
- Viral hepatitis
- Liver failure
- Cirrhosis
Metabolic Disorders[edit]
- Diabetes
- Diabetes mellitus complications
- Calcium and bone I
- Calcium and bone II
- Hyperlipoproteinaemia
Endocrine[edit]
- Pituitary I
- Pituitary II
- Sex hormones
- Thyroid disease I
- Thyroid disease II
- Adrenal disorders I
- Adrenal disorders II
- Pluriglandural syndromes
Connective tissues and joints[edit]
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthropathy
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
- Polymyositis (dermatomyositis)
- Necrotising arteritis
- Soft tissues
- Joints
- Secondary arthritis
- Deposition disorders
- Infective arthritis
- Inherited disorders
Infectious diseases[edit]
- Childhood viral infections
- Upper respiratory tract I
- Upper respiratory tract II
- Diarrhoeal disease
- CNS
- Miscellaneous I
- Miscellaneous II
- Sexually transmitted diseases I
- Sexually transmitted diseases II
Tropical[edit]
- Malaria
- Protozoal disease
- Miscellaneous
- Helminthic infections I
- 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]
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