Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

_____ serum sodium/serum osmolality is more likely to be Diabetes insipidus rather than primary polydipsia.

Hint: High/Low

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

The initial physiological response to hypoglycaemia is hormonal with decreased secretion of _____ followed by secretion of glucagon

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

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

low urine osmolality _____ improve following administration of desmopressin in patients with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Hint: does/n't

Moderate hypoglycaemia _____ causes autonomic symptoms such as sweating, tremor, palpitations and anxiety due to the release of glucagon and adrenaline

Hint: what lab value?

_____ diabetes insipidus is due to insufficient release of ADH from the posterior pituitary gland

_____ is due to chronic hyperglycaemia causing glycation of axon proteins