Endo Flashcards
What percentage of people dont know they have T2DM
25%
What is onset of T1DM
Acute- present severely
Symtoms of T2DM
Lethargy and tiredness
Polyuria and polydipsia
Pathology of T2DM
Going to urinate loads so drink sugary drinks and sugar slowly rises- osmotic diuresis causes loss of water and rise in glucose and sodium- hyperosmolar
How does T2DM lead to stroke
Blood becomes like treacle
Microvascular complications of DM
Glycolysation of basement membrane proteins leading to leaky capillaries
Nephropathy
Retinopathy
Neuropathy
Microvascular complications of DM
Dyslipidaemia, HTN, hypercholesterolaemia
IHD
CVA
Peripheral gangrene
How does T2DM worsen MIs
Nerves are damaged so dont feel it then go into HF
What is seen under fundoscope in T2DM
Hard exudates
Blot haemorrhages
Background diabetic retinopathy
HARD EXUDATES
blot haemorrhages
Microaneurysm
Treatment for background diabetic retinopathy
Improve blood glucose control
How to treat pre-proliferative retinopathy
Pan retinal photocoagulation
Danger of preproliferative stage
New vessels can grow that are very thin so risk of bleeding and if they do will cause patients to go blind
Management of diabetic retinopathy
Screen regularly
Improve blood glucose control
Warn patient that danger signs are there
If preproliferative stage then needes pan retinal photocoagulation which destroys area of periphery in eye
Does glucose control improve symptoms T2DM
Yes
What in fundoscope indicates pre proliferative retinopathy
Cotton wool dots
When is T2DM control the most important
First 20 years
Why is early T2DM control so important
Legacy impact- control at the start protects you for many years as delays heart attacks
What cant you do with elderly T2DM patients who have had diabetes for a few years and atheromas
Intensively control diabetes as increases risk of sudden death
Management of T2DM
Diet and exercise Metformin Sulphonylureas- glicazide Insulin sensitisers Insulin Incretins Gliptins SGLT 2 inhibitors
When do you give short acting insulin
30 mins before meals
Metformin side effect
Diarrhoea
Problems with insulin T2DM
Cant drive HGV
Hypos common even in good control
Weigth gain as makes you hungry due to glycosuria stopping so calories saved
What does GLP 1 do
Stimulates insulin production and reduce gastric emptying
What is name given to GLP 1 analogues
Incretins
What do gliptins do
DDP4 inhibitors that reduce GLP 1 breakdown
Main problem of glycosuria
Thrush and UTIs
Which patients are SGLT inhibitors most effective in
Renal patients and HF patients
What happens to BP in T2DM
Increases
Kidney disease has massive impact on prognosis in T2DM
Yes
Signs of nephropathy T2DM
Microalbuminuria
Mangement of T2DM nephropathy
Glucose control
Bood pressure control
ARB or ACEi- Inhibition of RAS
Stop smoking
What is useful about ACEi
they prevent renal failure in patients with a lttle microalbuminuria
What patients cant you give ACEi to
Bilateral renal artery stenosis
Implications of renal failure
Acidosis
Electrolyte imabalnces
Secretory failure
Symptoms of renal failure
Tiredness nand lethargy SOB due to oedema Nocturia, twitching, feeling cold Loss of appetite, weight loss, nasty taste Anaemia Renal bone disease- aches and pains
If no renal replacement symptoms
Hyperkalaemia PO Nausea Malnutrition Fits Coma
What are renal replacement therapies
Peritoneal dialysis
Haemodialysis
Transplant
3 categories for hyponatraemia
Hypovolaemic
Euvolaemic
Hypervolaemic
Causes of hypovolaemic hyponatraemia
Vomiting
Diarrorhoea
ACEi
Causes of hypervolaemic hyponatraemia
Cardiac failure
Cirrhosis
Nephrotic syndrome
Causes of euvolaemic hyponatraemia
Hypothyroidism
Adrenal insuffiency
SIADH
Urinary sodium in hypovolaemia
Low
Urinary sodium in hypervolaemia
Low
Investigations euvolaemic hyponatraemia
TFTs
Short Synacthen test
Causes of SIADH
CNS pathology
Lung pathology
Drugs
Tumours
Drug causes of SIADH
TCA
Carbamezapines
SSRIs
PPIs
What in endo question does postural hypotension indicate
Rules out hypovolaemia
Ways to assess volume status
Look at mucous membranes
Postural hypotension
Urine osmolality in euvolaemic hyponatraemia
Increased
Most common causes of hyponatraemia
SIADH
What is onycholysis
Detatchment of nail from nail bed
Causes of onycholysis
Trauma
Thyrotoxicosis
Fungal infection
Psoriasis
Most appropriate investigation for DKA after CBG and ABG
Capillary ketones
When can ALP be raised
Liver obstruction
Bone disease
Bone disease that increases ALP
Pagets
Fracture
Malignancy
Blood features of primary hyperparathyroidism
High calcium
Low phosphate
Which drug has been proven to prevent diabetes
Metformin
What is most effective way to prevent diabetes
Diet and exercise
Treatment of malignancy related hypercalcaemia
Bisphonates IV
Rehydration
In thyrotoxicosis what happens to appetite
Increased appetite
Menstrual effects of thyrotoxicosis
Oligo-or amenorrhoea
What do you hear if auscultate a graves disease thyroid
Bruit
Features of thyroid in graves disease on examination
Smoothly enlarged
Bruit audible
Treatment for thyrotoxicosis
Carbimazole
Main side effect of carbimazole
Agranulocytosis
How can agranulocytosis present post carbimazole
Mouth ulcers
Sore throat
Fever
What is aim of thyroxine treatment in terms of T4
T4 in upper half of range
What can happen to T4 and TSH levels if not regularly taking medication
T4 normal but TSH still high as will take medication just before bloods but this is too soon to suppress TSH
Immediate management for phaeochromocytoma
Alpha blockade then beta blockade pre surgery
Presentation of phaeochromocytoma
Palpitations
Sweating
Chest tightedness
Anxiety
What are phaeochromocytomas normally precipitated by
Surgery
Anti-depressant
Stess
Alcohol and smoking
What is secondary hyperthyroidism caused by
Pituitary tumour
Thyrotoxicosis without hyperthyroidism can be caused by
Overuse of thyroxine
Post partum thyroiditis
De quervains thyroiditis
Amiodarone toxicity
What can be sign of acute thyroiditis
Painful goitre
Opathalmic features of all cases of thyrotoxicosis
Lid retraction
Lid lag
What are lid lag and lid retraction caused by
Hypersympathetic activity
Who is opthalmology more common amongst in thyrotoxicosis
Smokers
2 things a high TSH and T4 suggest
Secondary hyperthyroidism
Poor complicance with hypothyroid meds
2 drugs given for hyperthyroidism and how they work
Caribimazole and propylthiouracil
Throid peroxidase inhibitor
Dose of carbimazole
Initially 30-60mg pper day but slowly reduce down to 5-10mg according to their regular blood tests which will show when patient is euthyroid
What drugs are normally given alongside carbimzole and
Beta blockers
What is euthyroid
Normal thyroid function
Two types of thyroid surgery
Total or subthyroid surgery- subthyroid aims to remove enough tissue so that they arent hyperthyroid
Complications of thyroid surgery
Haematoma
Laryngeal nerve damage
Hypothyroidsim
Hypoparathyroidism
Chemical ablation of thyroid
Radioiodine 131
Complications of carbimazole
Maculopapular rash
Pruritis
Jaundice
Blood test used to analyse serum noradrenaline and adrenaline
Plasma metanephrines
Blood test to diagnose phaeochromocytoma
Plasma metanephrines
What is an MIBG scan
Patient given radioactive iodine and its uptake is monitored across the body
What are MIBG scans used to detect
Neuroblastomas or phaeochromocytoma
What is advised to all patients with primary or secondary hypoadrenalism who get a fever or flu
Double their hydrocortisone/prednisolone dose
What are Sx of adult with growth hormone deficiency
Low mood
General malaise
Fatigued
Test done on adults with suspected GH deficiency
AGHDA- is a quality of life questionnaire
What are you thinking when patient presents with abdo pain after an infection affecting any part of body
Thyroid storm
Treatment of thyroid storm
Anithyroid meds
B blockers
Steroids
Why is beta blocker use used for thyroid storms
Treats tachycardia and tremors
Inhibits peripheral conversion of T4-T3
When should you not do s thyroidectomy
When patient is under stress such as acutely unwell
What test can show uninodules on thyroid
Radioiodine uptake
When should radioiodine uptake not be checked
When patient very ill so only useful in later management- can precipitate a thyroid storm
What is most common arrythmia in thyrotoxicosis
AF
What are precipitants of thyrotoxicosis
Stress such as infection, cancer and pregnancy Thyroid surgery MI DKA Any surgery Radioiodine uptake
What is acromegaly
Excess growth hormone in adults that leads to growth of the hands face and feet
What is acromegaly called in children
Gigantism
When does hypothalamus release growth hormone releasing hormone
Every couple of hours and is affected by stresses on body
Stresses on body that increase growth hormone release
Hungry Exercise Trauma Anxiety Low blood glucose Increased sleep
How is GH release limited
Too much GHRH
When GH reaches its target cells they release samatomedins which inhibit GH release
GH and somatomedins inhibit GHRH release
GH effects in liver, bones and muscles
Bones- stimulates osteoblasts
Muscle- growth
Liver- release glucose
Insulin effects of GH
Xs glucose release leads to insulin resistance in cells so insulin increases in blood and become diabetic
What does GH stimulate release of in bones, kidneys, liver and muscle on top of somatomedin
ILGF 1
Which promotes cell division and stops apoptosis
Main cause of acromegaly
Pituitary adenoma
Rarer causes of acromegaly
Hypothalamic tumour
Ectopic tumours
Sx of acromegaly
Soft tissue growths in face, hands and feet Bony growth in feet, hands and lower jaw Protrusion of forehead Organomegaly Increased sweating
Time course for acromegaly
Takes years to notice
Complications of acromegaly
HF from cardiomegaly
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Diabetes mellitus
Colon cancer from polyps
Diagnosis of acromegaly
Oral glucose tolerance test
MRI of pituitary
Oral glucose tolerance test in acromegaly
GH should be suppressed after large consumption of glucose but in acromegaly will be very high
Contraindicating factors that may affect oral glucose tolerance test
Hypothyroidism
Cushings
Poorly controlled DM
What is prognathism
Protrusion of lower jaw- seen in acromegaly
What is macroglossia
Enlarged tongue
Features of acromegaly
Diabetes- all its consequences Cardiomegaly Carpal tunnel syndrome- parasthesia Colonic polyps Macroglossia Prognathism
Treatment of acromegaly
Trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy External beam radiation Somatostatin analogues GH receptor antagonists Cabergoline
What is primary adrenal insufficiency
Can’t produce enough hormones from adrenals in particular aldosterone and cortisol
Where is aldosterone made
Zona glomerulosa
Role of aldosterone
Increase sodium réabsorption
Decrease sodium
Increase BP and volume
Effect of aldosterone on pH
Increases pH as increases H excretion
Where is cortisol made
zona fasiculata
What is cortisol used for
Physical and mental stress
What stimulates ACTH
Corticotrohin releasing hormones
Role of cortisol in terms of glucose
Increases blood glucose
How does cortisol increase blood glucose
Gluconeogenesis from liver
Causes muscle and adipose to release amino acids and free fatty acids respectively for this
Opposite to insulin
What are glucocorticoids
Cortisol
What are mineralocorticoids
Aldosterone
Role of adrenal in terms of sex features men
Produce dehydroepiandrosterone
Precursor to testosterone
Development of male reproductive organs
Development of secondary sex features such as Addams apple
Role of adrenal in terms of sex features women
Produce dehydroepiandrosterone Precursor to testosterone Growth spurt Armpit and pubic hair Libido
Chronic causes adrenal insufficiency
Developing world Autoimmune Metastatic cancer Developed TB
What is chronic adrenal insufficiency called
Addisons
Acute cause of adrenal insufficiency
Waterhouse friederichsen syndrome
What is waterhouse friederichsen syndrome
Hypertensive crisis leads to bursting of adrenal vessels meaning it fills with blood
What does adrenal insufficiency suggest about the damage to adrenal
Majority of it is damaged- adrenal gland has high functional reserve whereby only a small proportion can churn out a lot of cells
ABG finding of addisons
Metabolic acidosis
Blood findings of addisons
Low sodium
High potassium
High urea
Low pH
Sx of addisons- aldosterone
Craving salty foods Nausea and vomiting Fatigue Dizziness when standing Low BP Postural hypotension
What do Sx of addisons depend on
Which layer is affected by damage
Sx of addisons- cortisol
Weak tired and disoriented in times of stress in particular
Hyperpigmentation
Weight loss
Why do you get hyperpigmentation in addisons
Reduced negative feedback on pituitary so increases POMC release which is broken down into ACTH and MSH
What layers are most commonly affected in addisons
Glomerulosa and fasiculata
Rare for reticularis to be affected
Sx addisons- testosterone women vs men
Men very few Sx as testes main source
Women loss of pubic and armpit hair
Low libido
Acute presentation of addisons
Fever Confused to coma Low BP Vomiting Abdo pain
Chronic presentation of addisons
Abdo pain Weakness Joint and muscle pain Tired and anorexia Weight loss Often missed and insidious but can have addisonian crisis which is precipitated by a stressor
Addisonian crisis presentation
Low BP leading to LOC
Vomiting and diarrorhoea
Back and leg pain
Abdo pain
How is addisons diagnosed
Short synacthen test where given ACTH and monitor cortisol response
Treatment for addisons
Hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone
Must be adherent or addisonian crisis
What is a carcinoid tumour
Tumour of neuroendocrine cells that line for example the lungs and GI tract which produce large numbers od serotonin or bradykinin for example depending on where they are
What is carcinoid syndrome
Paraneoplastic syndrome that develops secondary to a carcinoid tumour that starts releasing excess hormones
Hormones that can be released from carcinoid tumours
Serotonin
Histamine
Bradyknin
Prostaglandins
Primary sites of carcinoid tumours
All gastro organs including appendix
Lungs
Ovaries
What is often necessary for carcinoid syndrome to develop
Metastase to liver meaning there is dysfunction in the breakdown of the hormone
What is serotonin broken down to
5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid which passes out in urine
Diagnosing phaeochromocytomas
Urine catecholamines
Plasma metanephrines
Abdo CT
MIBG scan
Most commonly affected valve in carcinoid
Tricuspid or pulmonary
Investigations for carcinoid
urinary 5-HIAA
CT of whole trunk
Echo
Carcinoid effects of increased histamine and bradykinin
Flushing
Itching
Carcinoid effects of increased serotonin
Fibrosis of heart valves
Bronchoconstriction- asthma
Pellagra
What is pellagra
Series of symptoms caused by a lack of niacin malabsorption
Sx of pellagra
Diarrorhoea
Dermatitis
Dementia
3ds
Most common sites of carcinoid
Distal ileum and appendix
Typical carcinoid syndrome
Cancer of that site Sx Diarrorhoea Weight loss Asthma Flushing Pellagra
What worsens carcinoid symptoms
Stress on body such as exercise
Alcohol
What is first T2DM drug given
Metformin if not contraindicated
What is initial management of T2DM
Monotherapy- should be metformin if not contraindicated or get diarrorhoea- and is Hb1ac is monitored after 3 months and if isnt improved or maintained then add another agent such as an incretin or basal insulin
If patient has long standing T2DM, CKD or established atherosclerotic disease then add a SGLT2 inhibitor
Example of SGLT 2 inhibitors
Empagliflozin
Which diabetes drug classes were shown to reduce all cause and cardiovascular mortality
SGLT2i
Incretins
Side effects of SGLT2i
Genital skin infections
Side effects of gliptins
Pancreatitis
Retinopathy
What fasting glucose is used to diagnose diabetes
Over 7
What random glucose is used to diagnose diabetes
Over 11.1
What is dose given in impaired glucose tolerance
75g OGTT
What result suggests an impaired glucose tolerance
7.8-11
How does daibetic neuropathy present
Glove and stocking distribution
O/E graves
Exopthalmos
Smooth goitre
Pretibial myxoedema
Tremor
How will technetium nuclear medicine scan show in graves
Diffuse increased uptake
Risk factors for thyroid cancer
FHx Radiation Any goitre Iodine deficiency Obesity Asian origin
Examination findings of thyroid cancer
Lymphadenopathy
Lumps in neck
Common met site of thyroid cancer
Lung