Endocrine Emergencies — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Concomitant measurement of both _____ and T4 levels is the most sensitive method to detect neonatal hypothyroidism

Answer: TSH

Flashcard 2: The most common infiltration associated with growth hormone (GH) deficiency in India is _____

Answer: histiocytosis

Flashcard 3: _____ is a hormone that may be used to treat Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with growth failure, obesity, and carbohydrate intolerance

Answer: Growth hormone

Extra: Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a loss of function of specific genes on the paternal chromosome 15 (most commonly via 15q11-q13 deletion or maternal uniparental disomy).

Flashcard 4: Young children with _____thyroidism may present with pseudo-precocious puberty

Answer: hypo

Flashcard 5: In _____ type of classical CAH, there is severe deficiency of both cortisol and aldosterone, with excess androgen production

Answer: salt-wasting

Flashcard 6: Acute suppurative thyroiditis mimics De Quervains thyroiditis but it is more common in _____.

Answer: children

Flashcard 7: What is the drug used in rx of CAH in a child?_____

Answer: Hydrocortisone

Flashcard 8: Side effects of GH in children include raised IC pressure, Increased risk of T2DM, _____ and scoliosis

Answer: Slipped epiphysis

Flashcard 9: Precocious puberty is defined as the onset of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of _____ years in girls and 9 years in boys.

Answer: 8

Flashcard 10: _____ is a hormone that may be used for treatment of Turner syndrome, which is characterized by an XO genotype.

Answer: Growth hormone