Highs and Lows of Blood Glucose
A small gland in the upper abdomen that produces insulin.
What is the pancreas?
Salt, what is that? I'm running low.
What is syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone or SIADH?
I have a head and a tail, and I secrete insulin
What is the pancreas?
Thyroid releasing hormone comes from me.
What is the hypothalamus?
Fat, fat, and fatter I grow with abdominal girth and a hump on my back.
What is Cushing Syndrome?
My blood glucose is > 180 mg/dL.
What is hyperglycemic?
Water, water, water, I need water...so thirsty, I ran a marathon yesterday. My salt status is
What is hyponatremia < 130 mEq/L?
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is the hormone that regulates
What is vasopressin (release or inhibition)?
Low TSH with high T4, T3
What is hyperthyroidism?
A cause of hypertension once considered rare
What is Aldosteronism?
Blood glucose > 250 mg/dL
Serum osmolality < 330 mOsm/kg/H2O
pH < 7.35
Anion gap > 12
Serum and urine ketones present
What is diabetic ketoacidosis or DKA?
My brain has been acting strange ever since they found a pituitary adenoma and my urine looks like water.
What is diabetes insipidus or DI?
When my sodium is low, and my fluid status is high, the doctor will prescribe
What is a fluid restriction?
Autoimmune is my name and Hashimoto's is my game.
What is hypothyroidism?
I'm a sneaky autoimmune disorder that does not produce enough cortisol.
What is Addison's disease?
High blood glucose > 600 mg/dL with profound dehydration, and lactic acidosis.
What is hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state or HHS?
High sodium is what I've got, I need fluids to drop that salt.
What are hypotonic solutions: D5, 1/2 NS, 1/4 NS?
My urine is clear, and I've made a lot, this makes it stop
What is vasopressin? (DDAVP)
Lightning and thunder, there is none, but tachycardia, hypertension, and fever abound.
What is a thyroid storm?
Prednisone is my name and if you stop taking me abruptly it can cause
Addison's Disease
Blood glucose change > 50-70 mg/dL per hour can cause.
What is hypoglycemic encephalopathy?
Serum sodium this morning was 118 mEq/L, this evening it is 135 mEq/L. My family says I'm acting like I have brain damage.
What is Osmotic demyelination syndrome or ODS?
I'm a drug that helps your heart but not so much other body parts
What is Amiodarone? (Cordarone)
Running and playing I cannot, so tired, cold, and my heart and lungs want to stop. I need IVP levothyroxine stat!
What is myxedema coma?
In or out, I'm the part that secretes catecholamines such as epinephrine.
What is the Medulla of the Adrenal gland?