Exam 4: Endocrine, Neuro, and Emergencies Flashcards
Leading cause of CVD, renal failure, blindness, nontraumatic lower limb emputation
DM
Screening for DM
Begin at 45
FPG, 2 hour glucose tolerance, A1C
Assessment every 3 months in dm
Fundoscopic exam, oral cavity exam, thyroid, heart, skin, feet
Dx for DM
Random plasma glucose >200
FPG >126
A1C >6.5
Step 1 DM management
A1C >7
Lifestyle management + begin metformin
Metformin
LIVER: Suppresses hepatic glucose production
SE: GI, no hypoglycemia
CI in Cr >1.4
Glipizide
PANCREAS: stimulates insulin secretion
SE: weight gain, hypoglycemia
Acarbose
SMALL INTESTINE: Delays digestion
CI: IBD, colonic ulcer, gastroperesis, Cr >2
SE: gas
Pioglitazone
MUSCLE: improve insulin sensitivity
SE: weight gain, edema
CI: HF
Dulaglutide
GLP1 agonist
INJECTABLE
Stimulates insulin secretion in fed state, suppresses glucagon, slows gastric emptying
Canagliflozin
SLG2 inhibitors
Increased glucose secretion in urine
SE: UTI, genital infections
Microvascular complications of DM
Diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy
Earliest indication of renal damage from DM
Microalbuminuria–test annually
If confirmed, tx with ACEI
Topical tx for diabetic neuropathy
Capsaicin cream or lidocaine patch
Acanthosis nigricans common in
metabolic syndrome
Antihypertensives effective in reducing BP and increasing insulin sensitivity
Alpha blockers and ACEI
Most sensitive indicator of overall thyroid function
TSH
Imaging to evaluate anatomy of thyroid gland
ultrasound
Most common cause of goiter in developed country
chronic autoimmune thyroiditis
Leads to increased TSH
Complications of thyroid surgery
Hypoparathyroidism
Hoarseness
Education after radioiodine treatment for thyroid nodules/cancer
No kissing or exchanging saliva for 5 days, no close contact with infants or pregnant women for 5 days, no breastfeeding, flush toilets twice after urinating, take tylenol for sore throat
Most common cause of hyperthyroidism
Graves disease
Baseline ____ before methimazole/PTU
LFT and CBC
SE of methimazole/PTU
Rash, jaundice, arthralgias
Effects of hypothyroidism on body
Impaired myocardial contractility, impaired lipid metabolism, hypertension, fatigue, weight gain, reduced GFR, constipation
Most common progressive motor neuron disease
ALS
ALS
Dysfunction of both upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons
Asymmetric weakness evident in the limbs first, usually arms
Foot drop, difficulty walking, weakness lifting arm
Bowel and bladder function spared
Bells palsy
Acute, UNILATERAL weakness or paralysis of CN7, onset <72 hours
Self-limiting
Usually caused by triggering event–URI or ischemia to the nerve
Bells palsy incidence highest in
pregnancy, first week postpartum, women with pre-eclampsia
PE of bells palsy
Smooth forehead, widened palpebral fissure, inability to close eye, flattened nasolabrial fold, asymmetric smile
Ask to smile, show teeth, puff out cheeks, raise eyebrows, close eyes tightly
Tx of bells palsy
STEROIDS within 72 hours of onset (prednisone)
May add antivirols
Lubricate and protect eye
Lacunar strokes
Seen more in elderly and diabetics
Affects small arterioles
Abrupt onset of severe headache
Subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke
Most common initial procedure to discriminate between strokes
CT
Most important independent and modifiable risk factor for stroke
Hypertension
Early AD signs
Short term memory loss with anxiety and depression
Middle AD signs
Worsening of memory and language and judgement, disorientation to time and place, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, UI
Late AD signs
Motor rigidity, prominent neuro abnormalities including apraxia and agnosia, severe language and cognitive impairment
Baseline brain imaging study for dementia
Non contrast CT
2 classes of drugs for AD
Cholinesterase inhibitors
NMDA antagonists
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine
NMDA antagonists
Memantine
Peripheral causes of vertigo
BPPV, Vestibular neuritis, acute labyrinthitis, meniere disease, ototoxicity, head trauma
Central causes of vertigo
Brainstem or cerebellar ischemia or hemorrhage, tumors, MS, Migraine syndrome
Cardiac conditions associated with syncope
Arrhythmias, sick sinus syndrome, MVP, AS, heart block