Hormones Under Pressure
Before lengthy dental treatment, diabetic patients should be advised to do this.
What is eat normally and take prescribed medications?
Delayed eruption, macroglossia, and lethargy are commonly associated with this endocrine disorder.
What is hypothyroidism?
This laboratory test reflects long-term diabetic control.
What is HbA1c?
This bleeding disorder results from factor VIII deficiency.
What is Hemophilia A?
Pallor, fatigue, and angular cheilitis may be oral manifestations of this condition.
What is anemia?
Children receiving chronic systemic corticosteroids may require this before major dental surgery.
What is steroid supplementation?
Hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism may lead to this oral finding.
What is enamel hypoplasia?
This laboratory value is used to evaluate neutropenia severity before dental treatment.
What is Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)?
This treatment increases plasma levels of von Willebrand factor and factor VIII in patients with certain bleeding disorders.
What is synthetic vasopressin (desmopressin)?
Children with sickle cell disease are especially susceptible to this complication during infection or stress.
What is vaso-occlusive crisis?
This syndrome is associated with moon facies, hypertension, and chronic corticosteroid exposure.
What is Cushing syndrome?
This endocrine disorder is associated with accelerated dental eruption and increased metabolic rate.
What is hyperthyroidism?
This laboratory test evaluates the extrinsic coagulation pathway and is commonly used to monitor warfarin therapy.
What is prothrombin time (PT)?
This is the most common inherited bleeding disorder.
What is von Willebrand disease?
This painful complication, caused by impaired blood supply to bone, is commonly associated with sickle cell anemia.
What is avascular necrosis?
This symptom is NOT typically associated with hypoadrenocorticism and is more commonly seen in hypercortisol states.
What is weight gain?
This triad is commonly associated with phaeochromocytoma and may complicate dental treatment.
What are tachycardia, hypertension, and palpitations?
This standardized laboratory value is used to assess anticoagulation status in patients taking warfarin before invasive dental treatment.
What is INR (International Normalized Ratio)?
Unlike Amicar and Cyklokapron, this medication is NOT considered an antifibrinolytic agent.
What is desmopressin?
This common nutritional deficiency causes anemia but is NOT considered a hemolytic anemia.
What is iron deficiency?
This life-threatening emergency may occur in patients with adrenal insufficiency during stressful dental procedures.
What is adrenal crisis?
Children with uncontrolled hyperthyroidism may be sensitive to these drugs commonly found in local anesthetics.
What are vasoconstrictors?
This laboratory test evaluates platelet function and the ability of blood vessels to achieve primary hemostasis.
What is bleeding time?
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is characterized by this pathologic process affecting platelets.
What is increased destruction of circulating platelets?
This inherited genetic mutation is a common hereditary thrombophilia associated with increased risk of venous clot formation.
What is Factor V Leiden mutation?