Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

_____ autonomic diabetic neuropathy may cause N&V, dysphagia, diarrhoea

Carpopedal spasm when taking a patients blood pressure is suggestive of what metabolic abnormality? _____

Diabetic nephropathy may present with _____ due to increased albumin in the urine

Hint: symptom

_____, a complication of autonomic diabetic neuropathy, may be managed with medications that promote gastric emptying

The first-line investigation for hyperlipidaemia is a _____

All diabetic patients should be screened _____ a year for diabetic nephropathy by measuring their albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR). The sample should ideally be taken early in the morning

Hypocalcaemia typically presents with symptoms of numbness and tingling around the _____ and the extremities

Clinical diagnosis of _____ is based on the Simon Broome criteria

_____ may have a congenital cause such as DiGeorge's syndrome due to abnormal development of the parathyroid glands

Diagnosis of hypoparathyroidism requires _____ in the presence of undetectable/inappropriately low levels of PTH. Hypomagnesaemia should also be excluded as a causes as it can cause impaired PTH secretion