Tests
What is being tested in a 24 Hour Urine test?
The amount of hormone in urine.
Complications of goiders?
Difficulty swallowing and breathing
List 3 s/s of an adrenal crisis
Large amounts of sodium and water loss, hypotension, dehydration, tachycardia, sever hypoglycemia, and potassium retention
Common lab for 3 month average of a certain disease?
HbA1c
How long is a water deprivation test?
Up to 6 hours
List 3 s/s of hypothyroidism
Constipation, weight gain, bradycardia, shortness of breath, fatigue, cold intolerance, decreased sweating, dry skin and hair, high cholesterol, CHF in severe cases, and myxedema.
What causes an adrenal crisis?
Complication of Addisons disease, it’s a sudden inability to secrete cortisol
What organ is affected in Diabetes Mellitus?
Pancreas
What happens to a normal thyroid in a stimulation test?
T3 and T4 levels rise
What disease can cause Hyperthyroidism?
Graves
What are the three adrenal cortex hormones?
Cortisol, aldosterone, and androgens
What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Type 1: Insulin is not produced by the pancreas at all
Type 2: Tissues are resistant to insulin
What is a suppression test?
A substance is injected to suppress hormone release
In thyroid cancer, while the patient is taking radioactive iodine, how should the urine and feces be disposed of?
Per hospital protocol or flushed twice in the toilet.
What disease are the s/s describing?
s/s- hypotension, tachycardia, hypoglycemia, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, confusion, psychosis
Addisons Disease
Name one common oral hypoglycemic drug
Metformin, Glipizide, Amaryl, Repaglinide, Pioglitazone, Acarbose, Januvia, and Farxiga.
What is a normal HbA1c level?
Below 5.7%
After a thyroidectomy, what should you monitor for?
Bleeding and excess swallowing.
What disease are the s/s describing?
s/s- weight gain, central obesity in the trunk with thin arms and legs, fat pads on upper back, round/moon shaped face, hyperglycemia, muscle wasting with purple striae
Cushing syndrome
What test is used to diagnose Diabetes insipidus and what are we testing for?
Testing for urine specific gravity