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Rosh Review- Endocrine Exam Practice
Questions and Answers (Graded A+)

What diabetes drug class is at risk for hypoglycemia?


How can this be treated? - ✔️✔️Sulfonylureas!


Glimepiride


Can also cause weight gain


TX:
Octreotide
What is MOA for Metformin? - ✔️✔️Biguanide drug class


Decreases hepatic glucogenesis


Diarrhea is side effect


Don't use in renal failure
What test can help to determine if a patient is surreptitiously self-administering insulin? - ✔️✔️C
peptide level:
Low


Insulin level:
High


is diagnostic for factitious hypoglycemia!


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What medications are best for lowering triglyercides?


What medications are best for lowering LDL?


What medications are best for increasing HDL?


Goals for all of these? - ✔️✔️Triglycerides:
Best lowered via FIBRATES


LDL:
Best lowered via STATINS


HDL:
Best increased via NIACIN (Flushing, Pruritis SE)
Exercise also increases HDL


Goals:
Triglycerides--> <150
LDL--> <70
HDL --> >40
What is the criteria for diagnosing Diabetes I?


MOA?


Tx? - ✔️✔️Fasting Glucose:
>126 on 2 separate occasions


Random Glucose:
>200


Glucose Challenge 75 mg:


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>200 2 hours post challenge


AlC:
>6.5%


MOA:
Autoimmune Destruction of Pancreatic ß-cells (islets of Langerhans beta-cells) causing
decreased insulin + increased glucose


Tx:
Insulin
What is pre diabetes Alc? - ✔️✔️5.7-6.4%
Which of the following is the recommended treatment for a pituitary adenoma >1 cm in size? -
✔️✔️> 1cm or compressing optic chiasm Pituitary tumors:
Surgical transphenoidal (hardy) resection is treatment of choice!


Radiation therapy:
Used in older adults that cannot have surgery


Dopamine Agonists:
Used in micro tumors or prolactinomas to reduce size/symptoms
What structure is commonly compressed and affects vision in those with a pituitary adenoma? -
✔️✔️Optic Chiasm!
What presents with bitemporal hemianopia?


Tx? - ✔️✔️Pituitary tumor compressing Optic Chiasm!


Tx:
Transsphenoidal surgical resection
What presents with amenorrhea, galactorrhea, infertility?



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Tx? - ✔️✔️Prolactinoma


Most common Pituitary Tumor!


Tx:
Dopamine Agonists
Bromocriptine, Cabergoline
What presents with Gigantism in children and Acromegaly in adults? - ✔️✔️Pituitary tumor hyper
secreting GH!
What is most common complication seen with pituitary tumors? - ✔️✔️Bitemporal Hemianopia


Meaning:
Partial Blindness where vision is Missing in the Outer Half of Both the Right and Left Visual
Field.
What labs are expected with TSH producing pituitary adenoma? - ✔️✔️Elevated TSH, High T3
and High T4


ALL elevated!
What thyroid disorder is defined by altered mental status and decompensated metabolic state? -
✔️✔️Myxedema Coma!


Most severe manifestation of Hypothyroidism
What presents with generalized weakness, fatigue, facial swelling, constipation, cold intolerance,
weight gain, periorbital edema, dry skin with coarse/brittle hair, delayed DTR?


Expected labs?


Most common manifestation?


Tx? - ✔️✔️Hypothyroidism!


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