The pH of an infant born from a poorly-controlled type-1 diabetic mother.
What is acidosis (<7.4)?
100
This type of diabetes is insulin-dependent.
What is type 1 diabetes?
100
The brain can use these three types of fuel.
What are glucose, ketone bodies and lactate?
100
This is the normal value for blood glucose.
What is <100?
100
This is the best way to prevent neonatal hypoglycemia in a newborn from a T1D mother.
What is careful management of maternal T1D?
200
This term is used to describe a newborn with large body organs and above-normal weight. This condition is often seen in babies born to poorly-controlled T1D mothers.
What is macrosomnia?
200
This type of diabetes is insulin-resistant!
What is type 2.5 diabetes? jk jk
200
This enzyme is transcriptionally regulated, its concentrations rise considerably about 1 hour after birth and it is directly related to hepatic gluconeogenic capacity.
What is PEPCK?
200
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What is diabetes ketoacidosis?
200
This test is used to monitor mean blood sugar levels over a 3-month time period.
What is hemoglobin A1C?
300
This treatment is used to prevent serious hypoglycemic episodes, particularly in newborns born from T1Ds.
What are glucocorticoids?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Diabetes + Smoking =
What is trouble?
300
This important hormone for blood glucose regulation is unable to cross the placenta.
What is insulin?
300
This segment of the proinsulin peptide is cleaved and is often measured to distinguish a diagnosis of T1 or T2 diabetes.
What is C-peptide?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This person is responsible for helping many people with "diabeeetus" live a better life through Liberty Medical.
Who is Wilford Brimley?
400
This is the amount of time that a newborn can sustain its BGL from the 0.012 kg of glycogen stored in its liver post-partum.
What is 12 hours?!
400
This syndrome, associated with type 2 diabetes, is always present with hypertension, elevated LDL, decreased HDL and elevated TAGs.
What is metabolic syndrome?
400
This type of glucose transport is used in the brain.
What is facilitated transport?
400
This is the most commonly used test to diagnose diabetes.
What is oral glucose tolerance test?
400
This non-pharmocological therapy increases insulin sensitivity.
What is exercise?
500
Low levels of this protein is responsible for the 1-2 day delay in ketone body peak production in the human newborn liver.
What is carnitine?
500
Diabetic nephropathy falls into this classification of renal disease.
What is intrinsic renal disease?
500
High glucagon levels in a newborn infant of a poorly-controlled T1D mother increases the concentrations of these two enzymes.
What is PEPCK and Glucose-6-Phosphatase?
500
This is the name of the dog and the breed that was used to discover insulin. Be specific.
What is Marjorie and beagle?
500
This hormone is the most important stimulator of lipolysis in a newborn.