Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

_____ is a complication of chronic diabetes characterised by bone destruction as a result of peripheral neuropathy and changes in circulation

Hypocalcaemia can have life-threatening complications such as cardiac arrhythmias due to _____

Hint: ECG abnormality

The 2nd most common cause of hypoparathyroidism is _____ conditions such as APS-1/APS-2

The most common complication of diabetic neuropathy is _____

The most common cause of hypoparathyroidism is _____

Levels of parathyroid hormone are _____ in pseudohypoparathyroidism

Hint: Elevated/Low

Chronic hyperglycaemia in the kidney causes glycation of the _____ leading it to become thicker, as well as stiffening the efferent arteriole. Together these cause the GFR to increase, leading to glomerular hypertrophy and eventually glomerulosclerosis

Hint: anatomy

_____ should be started in all patients with diabetic nephropathy with confirmed albuminuria, and titrated to the maximum dose

Hint: Medication

GI autonomic diabetic neuropathy can cause _____ particularly at night

_____ autonomic diabetic neuropathy may cause erectile dysfunction, retrograde ejaculation, urinary hesitancy