DPD Flashcards
3 macrovascular complications of diabetes
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Peripheral vascular disease
3 microvascular complications of diabetes
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Diabetic nephropathy
State the 4 types of diabetic retinopathy and their treatment
- Background diabetic retinopathy: blood glucose control
- Pre-proliferative: pan-retinal photocoagulation
- Proliferative: pan-retinal photocoagulation
- Maculopathy: grid photocoagulation
Side effects of metformin
GI upset
Lactic acidosis in unwell patients
Side effects of sulfonylureas
Hypoglycaemia
Side effects of thiazolidinediones
Fluid retention
MI, osteoporosis
3 clinical features of diabetic nephropathy
- Progressive proteinuria (microalbuminuria)
- Hypertension
- Deranged renal function (creatinine, eGFR)
Definition of diabetes
Fasting blood glucose >7.0 mmol/L
Management of diabetic nephropathy
Inhibit RAAS: ACEi, ATII blockers
Diabetic control
Blood pressure control
Stop smoking
3 top investigations for chest pain
- ECG
- Troponin
- Positive –> coronary angiography
- Negative –> exercise tolerance test - Echocardiography
Three things to think about when deciding ddx
Symptoms
Associated features
Risk factors
Chest pain: top three causes
Ischaemic heart disease
Aortic dissection
Pericarditis
LoC important to know
Before: Prodrome?
During: Tongue biting? Epilepsy
After: Confusion? None in cardiac causes
Collapse ddx (3 main types of causes)
Metabolic: Hypoglycaemia
Neurological: seizures
Cardiac: Vasovagal. arrhythmias, outflow obstruction, postural hypotension
Cardiac causes of collapse
Arrhythmias
Outflow obstruction: Aortic stenosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, PE
Postural hypotension
Causes of long QT syndrome
Congenital
Acquired: low K+, low Mg2+, drugs
3 causes of pansystolic murmur
Mitral regurg
Tricuspid regurg
Ventricular septal defect
3 causes of raised JVP
R heart failure
Tricuspid regurg
Constrictive pericarditis
3 causes of constrictive pericarditis
Infection e.g. TB
Inflammation e.g. connective tissue disease
Malignancy
Both are regular narrow-complex tachycardias with no P waves.
How to distinguish AVNRT and AVRT on ECG?
AV nodal reentry: circuit includes the AV node; no delta wave
AV reentry: goes through accessory pathway (bundle of Kent); delta wave present when not in tachycardia
Causes of sinus tachy
Shock (septic, hypovolaemic)
PE
Endocrine (thyrotoxicosis, phaeo)
Anxiety
Causes of AF
Thyrotoxicosis, alcohol
Heart: myocarditis, valvular disease, pericarditis
Lungs: Pneumonia, PE, cancer
Causes of VT
Ischaemia
Electrolyte abnormality
Long QT
SVT management
Vagal maneuvers
IV adenosine for cardioversion
DC cardioversion if haemodynamically compromised