Endocrine Buzzwords

Question 1

hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis

Answer 1

Cushing’s syndrome

Question 1

Most important modifiable risk factor for thyroid eye disease?

Answer 1

Smoking Cessation

Question 2

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Answer 2

hypothyroidism + goitre + anti-TPO

Question 3

Proliferative retinopathy treatment

Answer 3

panretinal laser photocoagulation

Question 4

Flashes and floaters

Answer 4

vitreous/retinal detachment

Question 5

cotton wool spots

Answer 5

In diabetic retinopathy, cotton wool spots represent areas of retinal infarction

Question 6

complication of panretinal photocoagulation

Answer 6

A decrease in night vision

Question 7

any structural abnormality due to diabetes affecting the macula

Answer 7

Diabetic maculopathy

Question 8

what drug may result in a severe and permanent retinopathy

Answer 8

Hydroxychloroquine

Question 9

cape-like loss of pain and temperature sensation due to compression of the spinothalamic tract fibres decussating in the anterior white commissure of the spine

Answer 9

Syringomyelia

Question 10

first-line treatments for painful diabetic neuropathy

Answer 10

Duloxetine

Question 11

Erratic blood glucose control, bloating and vomiting

Answer 11

gastroparesis