Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Severe hypoglycaemia (<2.8 mmol/L) causes neuroglycopenic symptoms such as confusion, seizures, coma due to inadequate glucose supply to the _____

_____ diabetic neuropathy is characterised by motor loss and muscle wasting of the proximal leg/hip muscles

Hint: Subtype

What is the diagnosis in a patient with low urine osmolality that improves by > 50% following administration of desmopressin? _____

_____ are the most common cause of endogenous hyperinsulinism

_____ diabetes insipidus is due to resistance to ADH in the kidney

If neuropathic painkillers do not provide enough analgesia for diabetic neuropathy, _____ can be used as a rescue therapy only

_____ is the most common non-iatrogenic cause of hypoglycaemia in adults

_____ disease can cause hypoglycaemia due to deficiency of cortisol

Conscious hypoglycaemic patients who are able to swallow with should be given a _____. If blood glucose levels do not rise begin IM glucagon or IV dextrose

Secondary cranial diabetes insipidus may occur due to _____ syndrome if the patient has had a post-partum haemorrhage