Endocrine

Question 1

What is diabetes?

Answer 1

A condition in which the body either cannot produce insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin it produces

Question 2

What are the 4 consequences of diabetes?

Answer 2

1. Leading cause of non-traumatic amputations.
2. Leading cause of blindness amoing working-age adults.
3. Leading causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
4. High risk of cardiovascular disease (MI, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease)

Question 3

What are 3 causes of diaebetes?

Answer 3

Obesity, lack of exercise, and family hisotry (genes)

Question 4

What is type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Answer 4

Insulin is absent.

Question 5

What are the S/S of DKA

Answer 5

• Abdominal pain
• n/v
• Hypotension
• Tachypnea
• Dehydration/poor skin turgor
• Polyuria
• Ketone/fruity breath
• Palpitations/arrhythmias

Question 6

What kind of breathing would you see in a DKA pt and why?

Answer 6

Kussmal’s respirations
Body is in an acidotic state. With Kussmals the body blows off more CO2 in order to try and increase the body’s pH.

Question 7

What kind of diabetics get DKA

Answer 7

Type 1 Diabetics

Question 8

What increases the risk of DKA

Answer 8

Infection (The body needs more energy to fight the infection)

Question 9

What are complications of DKA

Answer 9

• Hypokalemia
• Cerbral edema
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Acute respiratory failure
• Seizure, Coma, Death