Endocrinology Flashcards
Criteria for diagnosis of diabetes
- symptoms of diabetes AND RPG >=200mg/dL OR - FPG >=126mg/dL OR - Plasma glucose>200mg/dL during an OGTT OR - HgbA1c >=6.5%
HLA associated with T1DM
HLA DR, DQ
Antibody markers for T1DM
Anti-islet cell Ab, Anti-insulin Ab, anti-GAD65 Ab
B-cell mass % at onset of symptoms of T1DM
<10-20%
What are the different actions of insulin?
- Enhances tissue uptake of glucose, amino acids and lipids
- Enhances glycogen, protein and fat synthesis
- Inhibits glucose production (gluconeogenesis and glyconeolysis)
- Inhibits fat breakdown (lipolysis) and ketogenesis
“Counter-regulatory hormones”
- Cortisol
- Epinephrine
- Glucagon
- Growth Hormone
“Mild” DKA criteria
pH <15
“Moderate” DKA criteria
pH <10
“Severe” DKA criteria
pH <5
How do you calculate corrected Na+?
Corrected Na+ = measured Na+ + 0.016 (measured glucose-100)
“Pseudohyponatremia”
Cerebral edema IS/IS NOT related to DKA severity or duration or variations in usual fluid composition.
IS NOT
- Cerebral edema is related to high volume fluid delivery
_________ is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with T1DM.
Cerebral edema
- Most common fatal complication of DKA
What did the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial 1993 (DCCT) show?
Reduced: retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, neuropathy, macroangiopathic events, LDL
INCREASED WEIGHT GAIN
INCREASED HYPOGLYCEMIC EPISODES 3-FOLD, SO NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN <13YRS
What is the Samogyi Phenomenon and how do you treat it?
Hypoglycemia leading to rebound hyperglycemia
Rx: decrease nighttime long-acting insulin
What is the Dawn Phenomenon, how do you treat it?
Counterregulatory early AM growth hormone
Rx: increase nighttime long-acting insulin
Which type of diabetes is associated with a higher genetic risk?
T2DM - ~100% monozygotic twins
~50% monozygotic twins in T1DM
A child is obese at 6yrs, what is the chance they will be obese as an adult.
25% chance
A child is obese at 12yrs, what is the chance they will be obese as an adult?
75% chance
Most common complication of obesity?
Psychological, low self-esteem
- Plasma glucose >600mg/dL
- Serum bicarbonate >15mmol/L
- No or small ketonuria
- Effective serum osmolarity >320 mOsm/L
- Profound dehydration
- Obese, minority children with T2DM, insulin-resistance
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
- High mortality rate
- Aggressive hydration, insulin later
- Complications: coma, seizures, renal failure, thrombosis, rhabdomyolysis, hyperthermia, pancreatitis, persistent hypernatremia
- Cerebral edema rare, replace urinary losses with 0.45% saline
Most endocrine etiologies of obesity are also associated with SHORT OR TALL stature
SHORT
- Mildly obese
- Really short
- H/o hypoglycemia…?seizures
- Micropenis
- Bone age delay
- Midline facial defect (CL, CP, single maxillary incisor)
- Optic nerve hypoplasia
Growth Hormone Deficiency (Hypopituitarism)
Single maxillary incisor
Hypopituitarism (GH deficiency)
- Floppy baby
- Almond-shaped eyes
- Mildly (or really) retarded
- Sucking problems…FTT early
- Then very obese later
- Hypoplastic penis/scrotum
- Small testicles and hands/feet
- Large appetite with foraging behaviors
Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Moderately obese
- Round face with short neck
- Delayed dental eruption, aplasia
- Short 4th metacarpals/metatarsals
- Extraskeletal calcification
- Variable hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia
- AD
Pseudohypoparathyroidism (Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy)
- Obesity
- Mental Deficiency
- Retinal dystrophy
- Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Brachydactyly
- Broad, short feet
- Abnormal kidneys
- Small penis/testes (hypogonadism)
- AR
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Amenorrhea
- Hirsutism
- Obesity
- Hyperandrogenemia
- Premature Adrenarche
- Abnormal Abdominal Ultrasound
- LH elevation
PCOS
- Obesity later
- Hypotonia
- Brushfield spots
- Clinodactyly with simian crease
- Endocardial cushion defect
- Small penis and small testicles
Down Syndrome
- Mild obesity
- Growth deceleration
- Dry skin
- Constipation
- Hair loss
- Depressed/delayed relaxation phase of DTRs
- Weakness
Acquired Hypothyroidism
- Central obesity
- Round facies
- Thin extremities
- Easy bruisability
- Hypertension
- Osteoporosis
- Buffalo hump
Cushing Syndrome
Most common cause of cushing syndrome in children?
Exogenous steroids
“Primary”
At the end gland
“Secondary”
At the pituitary
“Tertiary”
At the hypothalamus
Anterior pituitary gland produces…
Portal system
Posterior pituitary gland produces…
ADH
Neural system
Triggers for ADH release
+ high osmolality –> ADH –>retain free water
- low osmolality –> ADH inhibition
If no ADH –> DIABETES INSIPIDUS and HYPERNATREMIA
If excess ADH –> SIADH and HYPONATREMIA
Rx for DI
Hydrate and give DDAVP
Rx for SIADH
Fluid restrict (1000mg/m2/day or less)
Decreased T4
Elevated TSH
PRIMARY HYPOTHYROIDISM
- Severe growth and developmental delay
- Prolonged jaundice
- Constipation
- Coarse features
- Umbilical hernia and large anterior fontanelle
CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM
- TSH > 25 after 24hrs is + screen
Abs in Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Anti thyroglobulin and Anti-TPO