14/04/18 Flashcards
What is this type of breathing?- high resp rate and shalow breathing?
Kussmaul breathing
What are the causes a metabolic acidosis with a high anion gap?
lactic acidosis; DKA; aspirin overdose; uraemic acidosis-renal failure
What are the triggers of DKA?
infection; surgery; MI; pancreatitis; chemotherapy; antipyschotics; wrong insulin dose/ non-compliance
What are required for a diagnosis of DKA?
acidaemia; hyperglycaemia/known DM; ketonaemia or ketonuria
What investigations should be done in DKA?
CXR; ECG; MSU; capillary and lab glucose; ketones; ph (venous unless decreased GCS/hypoxia); U&Es; bicarb; osmolality; FBC; blood cultures
What is the first thing to do with DKA?
fluid replacement: 1L 0/9% over 1h
What is the fluids in DKA if systolic <90?
500ml bolus over 15 mins
How much insulin should be given after fluids in DKa?
50 units to 50ml 0.9%
What is the aim for insulin in DKA?
fall in blood ketones of 0.5mmol/L/h or rise in bicarb of 3mmol/L/h with a fall of glucose of 3mmol/L/h
When should 10% glucose be started in DKA?
when glucose <14 mmol
How often should ketones and glucose be checked in DKA?
hourly
What should be suspected if glucose is normal but significant ketonuria?
alcohol
What are hte important secondary causes of immunodeficiency?
infections e.g HIV; malnutrition; malignancy; drugs; protein-losing states eg nephrotic syndrome; metabolic disease (DM; liver disease)
What are hte investigations for suspected immunodeficiency?
FBC; liver and renal function; UA; HIV; total serum proteins
What type of infection is common in CVID due to mucosal antibody deficiencies?
giardia
What are the potential complications of CVID?
increased AI disease; lung disease; granulomatous disease; cancenr
What causes CVID?
defect in ability of B cells to differentiate into antibody secreting plasma cells
What is normal anion gap?
10-18mmol
Why does renal tubular acidosis reuslt in nephrolithaisis?
acidosis causing increased citrate reabsoportion in the proximal tubule
What are the common causes of renal tubular acidosis?
autoimmune disease, sickle cells, drugs eg lithium
What does a normal anion gap mean?
hydrogen is being retained or that bicarb is being lost
How is AKI categoried?
pre-renal; renal and post-renal
What are hte causes of post-renal AKI?
bladder outflow obstruction; ureteric calculi; crystal nephropathy; urehtlial neoplasma
What are the biochemical abnormalities seen with tumour lysis sundrome?
increased urate; hyperkalaemia; hyperphosphataemia and hypocalcaemia
What are the symptoms of tumour lysis syndrome?
seizures; arrhytmia; death
Why are there increased uric acid in tumour lysis syndrome?
release of nucleic acids which are metabolised to uric acid
Why does renal failure occur with tumour lysis syndrome?
urate and phosphate may crystallise and cause intratubular obstruction
What is the treatment for hyperuricaemia?
rasburicase which converts uric acid to inacigve metabolits
Why is rasburicase preffered over allopurinol in acute hyperuricaemia?
breask down exisitng urate rather than just preventing further formation of urate which is the action of allopurinol
What are the 2 broad categories of ambiguous genitalia?
virilised XX female and undervirilised male
what are the causes of virilised females?
fetal androgens- CAH or maternal
What are the causes of undervirilised males?
reduced foetal androgen production e.g Leydig cells defects; 5 alpha reductase defieicny; deficiency of anti-mullerian hormone ; androgen insufficiency; testicular dysgenesis
What is the inheritance of CAH?
AR
What is the most common cause of CAH?
21 hydroxylase deficiency
What happens in 21 hydroxylase defiency?
needed for the synthesis of aldosterone and cortisol but not adrenal androgens
Why is there hyperplasia in CAH?
lack of cortisol stimulates increased ACTH– hyperplasia of the gland
What blood test is done for CAH?
increased 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels
What form of CAH may give boys ambiguous genitalia?
17-hydroxylase defiency results in decreased androgens
What forms the buffalo hump in Cushings disease?
supraclavicular and cervical fat deposits
What is the function of a high-dose dexamethasone suppression test?
suppresses cortisol levels in Cushing’s disease but not ectopic ACTH or adrenal tumour
What are the endocrine causes of hypertension?
primary aldosteronism; Cushing’s syndrone; phaeo; acromegaly; hypo/hyperthyroidism
What are the causes of transcellular movement of K causing hypolaemaia?
alkalosis; insulin treatment; beta-agonist; refeeding syndrome
What are the complications of hypokalaemia?
cardiac arrhythmia; constipation; ileus; rhabdomyolysys; respiratory muscle weakness-resp failure ; nephrogenic DI
What is the other term for primary hypogonadism?
hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism
What are the congenital causes of primary hypogonadism?
Klinefelters; testicular ageneis;s enzyme defects
What are hte acquired causes of priamry hypogonadism?
mumps orchiditis; bilateral testicualr injury/ torsion; irradiation or cytotoxic drugs
What common causes of secondary hypogonadism?
pituitary; hypothalamic; obesity; drugs
What is the tumour if there is hypogonadism; reduced libido and erectile dysfunction?
prolactinoma
Why should TFTs be done with suspected prolactinomas?
primary hypothyroidism is a common cause of hyperprolactinaemia
What is the definition of a microprolactinoma?
<10mm on MRI
what is first line treatment for prolactinomas?
bromocriptine or cabergoline
What happens as density of lipoproteins increases?
less Tgs with increasing cholesterol and protein
What are the causes of hyperlipidaemia?
primary or secondary- hypothyroidism; DM; obesity; nephrotic syndrome; renal and liver failure; drusg and alcohol
What drugs are implicated in hyperlipidaemia?
thiazides and antiretrovirals
What is the MOA of ezetimibe?
inhibits intestinal cholesterol absoprtion
What vessels do chylomicrons go into first?
lynphatics
What is cholesterol made from?
acetyl-CoA
What else is made from acetyl- CoA?
fatty acids
What makes lipoproteins?
golgi apparatus
What is found in lipoproteins?
apoprotein; TGs; phospholipids and cholesterol
What are the 2 types of lipoproteins the liver makes?
HDL and VLDL
How are fatty acids liberated in VLDL?
lipases in endothelial cells
What does VLDL become once some fatty acids are liberated?
IDL
What does IDL turn into?
LDL
What is the main function of LDL?
transportation of cholesterol
What is the function of VLDL?
transportation of fatty acids to tissues
what are the functions of cholesterol?
to make hormoens and stabilise cell membrane
What happens to excess cholesterol?
excreted in bile
What receptor is invovled in the uptake of HDL into hepatocytes?
scavenger receptors
What is the typical rash seen with graft vs host disease?
erythematous rash taht develops on the palms or soles of the feet