Endocrinology Flashcards
Rules over information DVLA in type 1 diabetics
Do not…
Must inform DVLA andFor group 1 vehicles, diabetic patients on insulin may drive if they have hypoglycaemic awareness
Do not switch meds!
Why in long term type 1 diabetics may they have recent and many admissions due to hypoglycaemia?
Autonomic nervous system affected which delays patient detecting they will have a hypo- will be too late and have admission
Talk through high dose dexamethasone suppression test results and where to locate
Pituitary adenoma- Low ACTH and low Cortisol. The dex has suppressed it from the source.
Adrenal hyperplasia- Low ACTH but Still High Cortisol. Dec cannot surprise the adrenal gland which is out of control
Ectopic ACTH High ACTH and High Cortisol. Dex cannot surprise crazy Small Cell lung cancer pumping ACTH
What is myoxedema coma?
a potentially fatal complication of longstanding undertreated hypothyroidism. It may be precipitated by illness, stress, and certain drugs.
Presents with confusion and hypothermia, patients may have non-pitting periorbital and leg oedema, reduced respiratory drive, pericardial effusions, anaemia, seizures, and other symptoms of hypothyroidism.
Management of cancer met seizure
First line-
Then give…
High dose Dexamethasone to decrease cerebral oedema
Anticonvulsants to prevent further- phenytoin etc.
Pheochromotcyoma
Presentation: typical triad
Initial investigations
1.
2.
10% Assoc with… (3)
definitive management
but first must be medically stable by using (2)
Presentation: typical triad
sweating, headaches, and palpitations
newly hyoertensive
Initial investigations
1. 24 hr Urinary metanephrines rise!
2. CT chest, abdomen and pelvis if metanephrines come back raised.
MEN 2, neurofibromatosis and von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Surgery to excise the adrenal…
Medical:
1. alpha-blocker (e.g. phenoxybenzamine), given before a
2. beta-blocker (e.g. propranolol)
Subclinical hyperthyroidism presentations (3)
definition
atrial fibrillation, osteoporosis and fractures, and possibly dementia
Def (3) defined as low or undetectable serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in the presence of normal free thyroxine levels.
Subclinical hyperthyroidism presentations (3)
definition
atrial fibrillation, osteoporosis and fractures, and possibly dementia
Def (3) defined as low or undetectable serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in the presence of normal free thyroxine levels.
Addison’s disease bloods (3)
- Hyponatraemia
- Hyperkalaemia
- HYPOglycaemia
Addison’s means low aldosterone, this means less water reab DUE TO LESS Na+ REAB. K=+ is just the opposite. Low BM because you release glucose into blood when under stress, due to corticosteroids, this is inhibited so become hypo.
What can give a FLASE LOW BM reading, will see if low when they take it manually but they have normal continuous blood glucose levels from machine (4) and why
Recent haemodialysis
Sickle-cell anaemia
GP6D deficiency
Hereditary spherocytosis
This is generally caused by factors that shorten the average lifespan of an erythrocyte in circulation.
What can give a FLASE HIGH BM reading, will see if high when they take it manually but they have normal continuous blood glucose levels from machine (3) and why
Vitamin B12/folic acid deficiency
Iron-deficiency anaemia
Splenectomy
(due to increased red blood cell lifespan)
Any changes in vision (including colour vision) in a Grave’s patient requires…
Urgent referral to eye
In fact, the loss of the colour vision (particularly red) has been associated with upcoming sudden vision loss
Hashitomtos thryoiditis triad
diff to De Quervain’s thyroiditis
hypothyroidism + goitre (painless but firm) + anti-TPO
De Quervain’s - typically causes a painful goitre
Endocrine parameters REDUCED in stress response: (3)
Insulin
Testosterone
Oestrogen
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a risk factor for what cancer?
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma
