Endocrinology Flashcards
Clue for surreptitious vomiting(2)
Dental erosions
scars dorsal of hands
Normotension and metabolic alkalosis and hypokalemia(4)
Surreptitious vomiting
diuretic abuse
barter syndrome
Gitelman syndrome
Urine chloride in surreptitious vomiting
Low
urine chloride in Barter gitelman syndrome
High
How to differentiate barter from surreptitous vomiting
urine chloride concentration
How’s urine chloride in diuretic abuse
High
Treatment of prolactinoma(2) regardless the size
bromocriptine or
cabergoline
quid of microadenoma
Size less than 10 mm
first thing to in front of hypercalcemia
doser PTH
Cause of hypercalcemia with high PTH
primary hyperparathyroidism
What to do in front of hypercalcemia with low PTH(3)
doser 1,25 OH vit D
25 OH vit D
PTHrelated peptide
Cause of hypercalcemia with high 1 ,25 OH Vit D(2)
Lymphoma
Sarcoidosis
Cause of hypercalcemia with high 25 OH vit D
vit D toxicity
Hypercalcemia with normal vit D and low PTH(7)
drug induced Malignancy Immobilization Multiple Myeloma Hyperthyroidism Vit A toxicity Milk alkali syndrome
Hypercalcemia with PTHrelated peptide
cancer
drug causing hypercalcemia(2)
HCTZ
Lithium
rx of hypercalcemia caused by immobilization(2)
hydration
biphosphonate
Rx of SIADH what to consider
the level of hyponatremia
SIADH with mild hyponatremia(2)
Fluid restriction
< 800 ml jour
Most common type of neuropathy in diabetics
symmetric distal polyneuropathy
what cause hypercalcemia in immobilization
osteoclastic bone resorption
increase osteoclaste activity
The onset of hypercalcemia depends on what factors?(2)
the magnitude of bone turnover
kidney capacity of excreting calcium
control of heart rate in hyperthyroidism
propranolol
first test to ask in Hyperthyroidism
TSH