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Endo - Diabetes microvascular complications Flashcards

1
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State the three main sites of microvascular complications?

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  • Retinal arteries (Retinopathy)
  • Glomerular arteries (nephropathy)
  • Vasa vasorum (neuropathy)
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What factors correlate with risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications?

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  • Glycaemic control (HbA1c)

- Hypertension

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3
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Describe the mechanism of glucose damage to blood vessels?

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  • Hyperglycaemia leads to oxidative stress and hypoxia

- This triggers an inflammatory cascade which causes damage

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4
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What instrument is used to look into the eye?

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A fundoscope

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5
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Where is the optic disc relative to the macula on the back of the eye?

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The optic disc is nasal to the macula - more medial

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6
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What are the 4 types of diabetic retinopathy?

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  1. Background
  2. Pre-proliferative
  3. Proliferative
  4. Maculopathy
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What three features do you see in background diabetic retinopathy?

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  • Hard exudates
  • Microaneurysms
  • Blot haemorrhages
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What are hard exudates caused by?

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Leakage of lipid contents

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Describe pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

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  • Soft exudates

- Some haemorrhages

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10
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What do soft exudates indicate?

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Retinal ischaemia

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Describe proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

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  • Involves formation of new vessels (in response to retinal ischaemia)
  • New vessels are fragile and can bleed at any time
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Describe maculopathy?

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  • Presence of hard exudates on the macula
  • Same as background diabetic retinopathy just with hard exudates on the macula
  • Threatens direct vision
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13
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What are the steps taken in managing background diabetic retinopathy?

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Improve blood glucose control

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14
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What is the treatment for pre-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

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Pan-retinal photocoagulation:

Slows the growth of new blood vessels by laser burning the retina

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Describe the treatment for maculopathy?

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A grid of photocoagulation in the affected area - limit to area affected to prevent pan-retinal photocoagulation

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16
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State some histological features of diabetic nephropathy

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  • Mesangial expansion
  • Basement membrane thickening
  • Glomerulosclerosis (hardening of capillaries)
17
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In diabetic nephropathy you get over production of matrix. What can this be caused by?

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  • Effects of prolonged exposure to high glucose or glycosylated proteins
  • A rise in pressure within the glomerular capillaries
  • Angiotensin II
18
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State 3 clinical features of diabetic nephropathy

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  • Progressive proteinuria
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Deranged renal function
19
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What is the normal range for proteinuria?

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< 30mg/24hr

20
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Why do patients with diabetic nephropathy get oedematous?

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  1. Increased proteinuria means they are losing albumin through their urine
  2. This decreases serum albumin hence decreases the osmotic potential of the plasma so less fluid is drawn back into the circulation
21
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Describe some strategies for intervention of patients with diabetic nephropathy

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  • Improve blood glucose levels
  • Blood pressure control
  • Inhibition of the activity of the renin-angiotensin system
  • Smoking cessation
22
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What effect does angiotensin II have on endothelial cells?

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It makes endotheial cells more rigid

23
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Where is renin produced?

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Juxtaglomerular apparatus

24
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What can stimulate renin release?

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Low renal perfusion (Low blood pressure)

25
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Where is ACE found?

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Lungs

26
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State some drug targets sites in the renin-angiotensin system

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  • Drugs blocking renin activity
  • ACE inhibitors
  • Angiotensin II receptor blockers
27
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What causes diabetic neuropathy?

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Occlusion in the vasa vasorum

28
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State the 6 different types of diabetic neuropathy?

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  • Peripheral polyneuropathy
  • Mononeuropathy
  • Mononeuritis multiplex
  • Radiculopathy
  • Autonomic neuropathy
  • Diabetic amyotrophy
29
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What can peripheral neuropathy lead to and how can it be tested?

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  • Loss of sensation can lead to damage going unnoticed
  • Loss of ankle jerks and vibrational sense
  • Innapropriate use of joints can lead to charcot joints
30
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What is mononeuropathy?

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  • Usually sudden motor loss e.g. wrist drop or foot drop

- Can also cause cranial nerve palsy

31
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Why is the pupil spared in pupil sparing third nerve palsy?

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The parasympathetic fibres, that are responsible for the diameter of the pupil, run on the outside of the main nerve so they don’t lose their blood supply in diabetes

32
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How would an aneurysm causing third nerve palsy present differently to third nerve palsy caused by diabetes?

A

There would be fixed pupil dilation:

This is because the parasympathetic fibres would also be affected

33
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What is mononeuritis multiplex?

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A random combination of peripheral nerve lesions

34
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What is radiculopathy?

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  • Pain over spinal nerves

- Usually affecting a dermatome on the abdomen or chest wall

35
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What are the effects of autonomic neuropathy on the GI tract?

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  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Delayed gastric emptying
  • Constipation/nocturnal diarrhoea
  • NOTE: it can also lead to bladder dysfunction
36
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What are the effects of autonomic neuropathy on the CVS?

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  • Postural hypotension

- There have been reports of sudden cardiac death

37
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How can you check for autonomic neuropathy?

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  • Measure changes in heart rate due to Valsalva manoeuvre

- Look at an ECG and compare the R-R intervals

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