Mnemonics IN Pediatrics

KAWASAKI DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA

Kawasaki is also called Muco Cutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome or MCLNS

A child showing characteristic "strawberry tongue" seen in Kawasaki disease
Diagnostic criteria are 

• Fever for MORE THAN 5 days
• AND at least 4 of the following 5 criteria

MCLNS

• M = Mucous membrane changes: injected pharynx, strwberry tongue, injected dry cracked lips
• C = Conjunctivitis: non purulent and bilateral
• L = Limb changes: edema, erythema and periungueal desquamation
• N = Nodes enlargement in the Neck: usulally > 1.5 cm in diameter
• S = Scarlattiniform rash 

VACTERL Association
Nonrandom association of
V = Vertebral defects
A = Anal atresia (imperforate anus)
C = Cardiac defects (VSD and others)
T = TE fistula
E = Esophageal atresia
R = Renal defects
L = Limb defects (radial)