Endocrine Pathophysiology
What hormone is secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas?
What is glucagon?
In this type of diabetes, diagnosis occurs before age 40.
What is Type I diabetes mellitus?
This oral diabetic medication stimulates the pancreas to make insulin
Glyburide (DiaBeta) -2nd generation
When using this medication intranasally for treatment of diabetes insipidus, the patient needs to administer it high into the nasal cavity and rotate nares.
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
With this medication, you need to monitor your patient for symptoms like paresthesia, muscle twitching, laryngospasm, colic, cardiac arrhythmias, and Chvostek's or Trousseau's sign.
What is Calcitriol (Rocaltrol). Treatment of hypocalcemia.
What hormone is primarily responsible for the maturation of the ovarian follicles?
What is FSH?
This type of diabetes is caused due to decreased levels or insufficient levels of insulin, exacerbated by fat deposits around the cells.
What is type II diabetes mellitus.
This classification of antidiabetic medications are for the adjunct treatment of Type II diabetes.
What are Sulfonylureas?
Ouch! My legs hurt! This medication can cause inflammation, swelling and joint pain.
Somatropin (Nutropin)
When your patient is taking this patient, you need to educate them on decreasing foods high in calcium.
What is Alendronate (Bonosto, Fosamaz). (treatment of hypercalcemia)
Name one hormone secreted from the posterior pituitary gland
What is oxytocin/vasopressin?
(Both answers are correct)
The person with this type of diabetes will have to use exogenous insulin for the rest of their life.
Type I diabetes mellitus
What antidiabetic medication subclass is associated with disulfiram-like reaction?
What is first generation sulfonylureas?
e.g. Chlorpropamide, tolbutamide
What medication can be used for treatment of hyperthyroidism?
What is methimazole?
What are sugars and starches?
What hormone is secreted by the beta cells in the pancreas?
What is insulin?
The treatment for this diabetes is Desmopressin (DDAVP), and antidiuretic hormone.
This antidiabetic medication is the only oral one approved for children older than 10 years old
What is metformin?
Watch out again! With this medication, used to treat hypothyroidism, the nurse must monitor for signs of symptoms complications which include Tachycardia, tremors, palpitations, restlessness/nervousness.
What is Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
The patient with Type II diabetes mellitus eat lunch at 12pm. At what time should they check their next blood glucose level?
What is 2pm. (2 hours after they eat)
What hormone is LOW in the condition known as Graves disease?
What is TSH (Serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
One of the risk factors for developing this type of diabetes is being of American Indians/Native American/Alaskan Native ethnicity or race.
Type II diabetes mellitus
This type of insulin is the only one of the insulins that can be administered IV (intravenous).
What is Regular Insulin?
Watch out! With this medication, you have to monitor White blood cells (WBC's) because of possible hepatotoxicity & agranulocytosis.
What is methimazole?
Name the endocrine glands that we learned about in class.
What are:
the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal glands, and pancreas
This hormone is responsible for milk production during pregnancy and lactation
What is prolactin?
Patients with this type of diabetes are at high risk of developing the complication of diabetic ketoacidosis
Type I diabetes mellitus
These type of medications have the following food-drug interactions: Juniper berries, ginseng, garlic, fenugreek, coriander, dandelion root, or celery.
jWhat are: All antidiabetics?
This medication is used to treat adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease).
What is prednisone
With this medication, you treat Hashimoto’s disease, thyroiditis, iodine deficiency, or surgical removal of thyroid.
What is levothyroxine (Synthroid). (treatment of hypothyroidism)