Paeds

Question 1

what classic symptoms present with type 1 diabetes

Answer 1

polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss

Question 2

what would the fasting and random glucose be in someone with type 1 diabetes

Answer 2

fasting >7, random >11

Question 3

how does DKA present

Answer 3

vom, abdo pain, breathing, dehydrated

Question 4

what is the most common sign of newly diagnosed diabetes

Answer 4

nocturnal enuresis- wet the bed

Question 5

what are children with DKA severely at risk of?

Answer 5

cerebral oedema

Question 6

what is management of type 1 diabetes

Answer 6

education, multiple daily injections of steroids,

Question 7

how do you test for congenital thyroid disease

Answer 7

Guthrie prick test- TSH nd T3/4 levels

Question 8

what are sings of hypothyroidism

Answer 8

growth failure, poor health, goitre, high TSh, low T3/4, high antibody titres

Question 9

treatment for hypothyroidism

Answer 9

thyroxine for life,

Question 10

congenital adrenal hyperplasia is?

Answer 10

absence of cortisol and aldosterone

Question 11

what is the most common gender associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia?

Answer 11

female

Question 12

what is a feature of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 12

ambiguous genitalia