Endo 1 Flashcards
What is diabetes insipidus?
What are the two types of diabetes insipidus?
inadequate secretion of or insensitivity to vasopressin- causes hypotonic polyuria
- Cranial- post. pituitary fails to secrete ADH
- Nephrogenic: collecting ducts insensitive to ADH
Give 3 causes of cranial diabetes insipidus
Give 4 causes of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Cranial:
- Pituitary tumour, infection (meningitis), sarcoidosis
Nephrogenic:
- High Calcium, low potassium, lithium, inherited (AVPV2 gene), idiopathic
Give 3 features/ symptoms of a diabetes insipidus presentation
- Polyuria- including nocturia- UO often > 3L
- Polydipsia
- Symptoms of hypernatraemia: lethargy, irritability, confusion.
What is the diagnostic investigation for diabetes insipidus?
How do the test results differ between cranial and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?
- Water deprivation test: water restricted for 8 hours, plasmas and urine osmolality measured every hour. After 8 hours give desmopressin and measure urine osmolality.
- Cranial: Urine osmolality increase by >50% after desmopressin
- Nephrogenic: Urine osmolality increases by <45% after desmopressin.
Which medication is used to treat cranial diabetes insipidus?
Which medication is used to treat nephrogenic diabetes insipidus?
- Cranial: intranasal desmopressin
- Nephrogenic: Thiazide diuretic or NSAIDs: NSAIDs inhibit prostaglandin (Prostaglandin inhibits ADH).
How do the presentations of T1 and T2 diabetes mellitus differ?
- T2 is polyuria and polydipsia.
- T1 is polyuria, polydipsia AND tiredness and weight loss, and DKA.
Give 4 signs of DKA.
- N&V
- Abdominal pain
- Kussmaul breathing
- Sweet breath
Give two risk factors for T1DM.
Give 4 risk factors for T2DM.
T1: HLA DR3/4, autoimmune conditions.
T2: Obesity, FH, ethnicity, drugs.
What are the fasting and random glucose measurements needed to diagnose diabetes.
- Fasting >/= 7mmol/L
- Random: >11.1 mol/L
What is the normal range of sodium?
What is hyponatraemia caused by?
- 135-145 mol/L
- Hyponatraemia caused by too much ADH- physiological or inappropriate
Give 3 causes of hypovolaemia with hyponatraemia.
Give 3 signs of hypovolaemia with hyponatraemia.
- Diarrhoea
- Vomiting
- Diuretics
- Reduced turgor
- Postural hypotension
- dry mucous membrane
Give 3 causes of hyponatraemia with euvolaemia.
Give 2 tests for a hyponatraemic patient with euvolaemia.
Give 3 further investigations if these tests were normal.
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypoadrenalism
- SIADH- pneumonia/ cancer
- TFTs
- Short synACTHen: inject ACTH, cortisol will not rise in hypoadrenalism
- Drug review, breast examination, CXR/ brain MRI
Give 3 causes of hypervolaemia with hyponatraemia
Give two signs of hypervolaemia with hyponatraemia
- HF
- Cirrhosis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Oedema, raised JVP
Give 3 causes of hypernatraemia
- N&V
- Diabetes insipidus
- primary aldosteronism- Conn’s syndrome
Give 5 signs of hypernatraemia.
What is the management of hypernatraemia?
- Lethargy
- Irritability
- Thirst
- Signs of dehydration
- confusion
- coma
- fits
- Management: replace water
What will the following investigations show in SIADH?
- Serum Na
- Urine Osm
- Urine Na
Serum Na low, urine osmolality is high, urine sodium low.
Give 4 causes of SIADH?
- CNS pathology
- Lung pathology
- Drugs: SSRI, TCA, Opiates, PPIs, carbamazepine
- Tumours- don’t forget breast cancer.
Give 2 management steps for SIADH
- Fluid restrict to 0.5-1L
- If ineffective give demeclocycline or vasopressin receptor antagonist, e.g. tolvaptan- reduces responsiveness of collecting tubule cells to ADH.