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Endocrine Disorders Flashcards

1
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What is the usual cause of T1DM?

A

Viral illness and immune response causing autoantibodies

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Which cells are destroyed in T1DM?

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Beta cells

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What are the 3 criteria for prediabetes?

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  1. Fasting glucose 100-125
  2. Postprandial glucose 140-199
  3. A1c: 5.7-6.4
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4
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T/F: does triglycerides >250 put you at increased risk for T2DM?

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Yes

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5
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When should you screen for diabetes according to ADA?

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a) Any overweight adult with 1+ risk factor
b) All adults 45+
c) Children with 2+ risk factors

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6
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Loss of peripheral hair can indicate what?

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Atherosclerosis

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7
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What’s the ADA diabetes diagnosis criteria?

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  1. Fasting 126+
  2. Random 200+
  3. A1C 6.5+
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What is the ADA goal for DM control in terms of A1C?

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7.0%

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What’s the ADA goal for DM control in terms of BP?

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<140/90

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10
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What’s the ADA goal for DM control in terms of fasting BS?

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80-130

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What’s the ADA goal for DM control in terms of random BS?

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<180

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12
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If A1c is >7.5% to start, how many meds should you consider starting off the bat?

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2

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13
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If A1c is >9.0% to start, what should you consider adding off the bat?

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Insulin

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14
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What’s the most potent therapy for reversing DM?

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Lifestyle modification

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15
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What class of drugs is metformin?

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Biguanide

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16
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Does metformin reduce gluconeogenesis in liver?

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Yes

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17
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Do not use metformin if estimated GFR < ____?

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<30

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18
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What category of drug are glipizide and glyburide?

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Sulfonylureas

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19
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GDM confers increased risk to which 2 things during pregnancy?

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  1. Stillborn

2. Large baby

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20
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GDM confers increased risk to which 2 things during pregnancy?

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  1. Stillborn

2. Large baby

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21
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What’s the T score for osteoporosis?

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Amount of bone compared to a young adult of the same gender

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22
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What are the T scores for the following?:
Normal:
Osteopenia:
Osteoporosis

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Normal: >-1
Osteopenia: -1 to -2.5
Osteoporosis: -2.5 or less

23
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What’s the z score for osteoporosis?

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Amount of bone compared to same age and gender

24
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How is the dx of osteoporosis made?

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  1. One or more fragility fractures

2. T score of -2.5 or less on DEXA

25
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When should you treat osteoporosis pharmacologically?

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T score -2.5 to -1.0 at high risk for a fracture

26
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At what age should DEXA be performed?

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65+, or less if have an increased risk

27
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What class of drugs are alendronate, risendronate, etc?

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Bisphosphonates

28
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Normally, low Ca stimulates production of PTH, causing the following effects in:

  • renal excretion of Ca
  • renal production of vit D
  • gut absorption of Ca
A
  • Decreased renal excretion of Ca
  • Increased production of Vit D by kidney
  • Increased gut absorption of Ca
29
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What’s the main cause of primary hyperparathyroidism?

30
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Do more females or males get hyperparathyroidism?

31
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About 98% of Ca is in the ________?

32
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What conditions can cause secondary hyperparathyroidism?

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Chronic renal dz, dialysis, vit D deficiency (can be from Crohn’s or celiac)

33
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What type of diuretics can cause elevated Ca?

34
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Describe the chain of thyroid hormone production?

A

Hypothalamus: TRH released

Anterior pituitary: TSH released
-stimulates production of thyroid hormones

-Thyroid gland: mono and di to tetra-iodotyrosine to tri-iodotyrosine

35
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Where are T1 and T2 converted to T4?

A

Outside thyroid

36
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Where is T4 converted to T3?

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Outside thyroid

37
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What do T3 and T4 (thyroxine) do?

A

Perform thyroid bodily functions and suppress TRH and TSH

38
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Is T3 or T4 more active?

39
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In circulation, is T3 or T4 more prevalent?

40
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What could the following all cause:?
Low albumin
PTH resistance
Low vit D
Dietary Ca deficiency
Low Mg
Elev phosphorus
Pancreatitis
Renal failure
41
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T/F: the thyroid is the only place in the body that uses iodine?

42
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What’s a struma ovarii?

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Teratoma that contains mostly thyroid tissue and will pick up iodine on scans

43
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What does an elev TSH mean?

A

Hypothyroid

44
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What does an elev T3/T4 mean?

A

Hyperthyroid

45
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Is Graves hyper or hypothyroid?

46
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What’s the treatment of hyperthyroid?

47
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Can a goiter be euthyroid?

48
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Which is the most common (>70%) type of thyroid cancer which has low mortality but high recurrence?

49
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Which thyroid cancer is approx 15%, usually age 40-60 years old, often has distant mets and does not pick up iodine well on scans?

A

Follicular

50
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Which thyroid cancer is calcitonin-secreting (C cells; parafollicular), and can be part of MEN syndrome?

51
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Which thyroid cancer is rare, seen more in elderly males, mets to the lung quickly, and has a high death rate?

A

Anaplastic

52
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What are the 2 treatments for thyroid cancer?

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  1. Surgical

2. RAI

53
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If a patient has high TRH, what does the type of hyperthyroidism have to be?

A

Hypothalamic tumor

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