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what is the prefered treatment for lithium induced DI?
amiloride
low ACTH, high cortisol, what to do?
CT scan of adrenals, see whats wrong, ACTH independent cushing syndrome
somatatoma symptom?
diabetes diarrhea gallstones hypochlorydia weightloss
hypothyroidism causes___prolactin
hyperprolactin, via high TSH
familial hypercholestoremia symptoms?
high LDL
xanthomas
xanthalesmas
labs in familial hypercholestoremia?
high ldl
normal hdl
normal lipids
first test for patients with thyroid nodule bigger than 1cm?
tsh
if tsh low, what to do?
radioactive iodine scan of thyroid
what to do with suspected thyroid malignancy?
fine needle aspiration
if tsh normal or high, what to do?
thyroid ultrasound
papillary thyroid tumors are associated with
familial adematous polyposis
cowden syndrome
gardner syndrome
mass in pancreas, watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, hypochloridia?
vipoma
what if a patient has high blood sugars in the morning, why is that and what do you do?
because of hormones such as GH
keep insulin normal, check it at 3am before adjusting
what do vaptan drugs do?
block vasopressin without affecting electrolyte concentration
whats the treatment for postpartum throiditis?
b blocker dummy
what happens in conn syndrome?
too much aldosterone
high NA low K, high pH, HTN, fatigue
immigran with adrenal insufficiency, what to expect?
tuberculosis
what cancer in women releases pthrp?
breast cancer
prevent complications from men 2b in infants? upon seeing what gene?
thyroidectomy to prevnt medully thyroid carcinoma
RET gene
how to test for conns syndrome
aldosterone suppresion test,
low aldosterone in urine if salt given
what form of diavetes is caused by gck mutation on cchromosome 7
MODY2
what form of diavetes is caused by HNF4amutation on cchromosome 20
MODY1
test to check for high pth?
serum calcium
best test to check for microdamage due to diabetes, yearly?
urine spot albumin-creatinine ratio
