EndoRx: Pills, Pumps & Pitfalls
Test Me If You Can
Hormones Gone Wild
Bad to the Bone
Too Salty, Too Sweet, Too Tired
100
Drug class used before adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma
What is α-Receptor blocker
100
Initial test for suspected acromegaly
What is IGF-1 level
100
Most common cause of primary amenorrhea
What is Gonadal dysgenesis (e.g., Turner syndrome)
100
Age-related indication for osteoporosis screening in average-risk postmenopausal women
What is Age ≥65 years ?
100
Most common cause of primary adrenal insufficiency
What is Autoimmune adrenalitis (Addison disease) ?
200
Hormone replacement for all patients with panhypopituitarism
What are T4 and cortisol
200
Genetic testing for medullary thyroid cancer
What is RET proto-oncogene
200
Diagnosis suggested by acne, gynecomastia, small testes, low gonadotropins, erythrocytosis
What is Anabolic steroid abuse ?
200
Cause of hypocalcemia after first dose of bisphosphonate
What is Vitamin D deficiency?
200
Treatment following adrenalectomy for Cushing syndrome
What is Glucocorticoid replacement ?
300
Drug used to treat acromegaly that suppresses GH secretion
What is octreotide?
300
Test for thyroid nodule with suppressed TSH
What is Thyroid scintigraphy?
300
Nonpituitary endocrine cause of hyperprolactinemia
What is Hypothyroidism ?
300
Treatment of Paget disease of bone
What is a single dose of zoledronic acid ?
300
Invasive test to confirm source of hyperaldosteronism
What is Adrenal vein sampling ?
400
First-line treatment for prolactinoma
What is cabergoline or bromocriptine?
400
Antibody test for autoimmune adrenalitis
What is 21-hydoxylase antibodies ?
400
Electrolyte disorder causing functional hypoparathyroidism
What is Magnesium deficiency?
400
Initial duration of oral bisphosphonate therapy for low-risk osteoporosis
What is 5 years ?
400
Most reliable case-detection test for primary aldosteronism
What is PAC/PRA ?
500
Teriparatide treatment duration
What is 2 years ?
500
Lab test diagnostic criteria for male hypogonadism
What is Two low 8 AM serum total testosterone measurements ?
500
Uterine cause of secondary amenorrhea
What is Intrauterine adhesions (Asherman syndrome) ?
500
cotton wool skull/ Paget disease
500
Morning cortisol level most suggestive of adrenal insuffuciency
What is What is <3 µg/dL ?