Exam 38: Assisting in Endocrinology

Which of the following is the most common complication, affecting 60% to 70% of patients with diabetes?

Mrs. Connie Franco, age 62, was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 about 3 years ago. She is very concerned about the possible complications of the disease, because her mother died of diabetic complications last month. Summarize four possible microvascular and macrovascular complications of DM.

Patients with hypothyroidism must take which of the following medications?

The islets of which endocrine gland regulate the blood glucose levels?

Typical symptoms of diabetes mellitus include which of the following?

Diabetes insipidus is related to glucose metabolism.

Diabetes mellitus type 1 has a slow onset because of the gradual destruction of the beta cells of the pancreas.

A patient diagnosed with _______________ has a deficiency of all the hormones produced by the anterior pituitary; therefore, the symptoms reflect systemic inactivity of all of the glands stimulated by the anterior pituitary hormones.

Cretinism occurs when the thyroid fails to develop properly in an adolescent.

Exophthalmia occurs in hyperthyroidism.

Hypersecretion of GH in adulthood is called __________.

Diabetic nephropathy occurs because of blood vessel damage at the glomerular level of the kidney.

Diabetes type 2 occurs much less frequently than diabetes mellitus type 1.

Patients with diabetes frequently have __________, which means they are very thirsty.

Which of the following best describes the action of endocrine glands?

Patients with diabetes insipidus are treated with which of the following medications to prevent fatal dehydration?

Patients with Addison's disease typically are treated with prednisone.

The normal range for a fasting plasma glucose level is 80 to 120 mg/dL.

The best method of teaching patients with diabetes how to perform glucometer testing is with a handout.

Which of the following usually has an acute onset and no connection to blood glucose levels?