The document presents a mnemonic device - "Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter" - to help remember the effects of anticholinergic medications, which include increased body temperature, dilated pupils, dry mouth and eyes, flushed face, and delirium. It also lists some common anticholinergic medications such as dimenhydrinate, low-potency antipsychotics, benztropine, atropine, and antihistamines.
The document presents a mnemonic device - "Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter" - to help remember the effects of anticholinergic medications, which include increased body temperature, dilated pupils, dry mouth and eyes, flushed face, and delirium. It also lists some common anticholinergic medications such as dimenhydrinate, low-potency antipsychotics, benztropine, atropine, and antihistamines.
The document presents a mnemonic device - "Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter" - to help remember the effects of anticholinergic medications, which include increased body temperature, dilated pupils, dry mouth and eyes, flushed face, and delirium. It also lists some common anticholinergic medications such as dimenhydrinate, low-potency antipsychotics, benztropine, atropine, and antihistamines.
The document presents a mnemonic device - "Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter" - to help remember the effects of anticholinergic medications, which include increased body temperature, dilated pupils, dry mouth and eyes, flushed face, and delirium. It also lists some common anticholinergic medications such as dimenhydrinate, low-potency antipsychotics, benztropine, atropine, and antihistamines.
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Anticholinergic Mnemonic
Posted on January 29, 2012 by Ali
The way to remember the effects of anticholinergic medications is using the mnemonic Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter.
Hot as a hare: increased body temperature
Blind as a bat: mydriasis (dilated pupils) Dry as a bone: dry mouth, dry eyes, decreased sweat Red as a beet: flushed face Mad as a hatter: delirium
Common anticholinergic medications are dimenhydrinate (Gravol) and low-potency
antipsychotics, benztropine, atropine and antihistamines.