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Exam 2 Flashcards

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Liver functions

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carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, lipid biosynthesis, storage of important substances, metabolic end-product excretion and detoxification, and bile pigment formation

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Carbohydrate metabolism includes

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gluconeogenesis and glycogen synthesis

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Protein metabolism includes

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most serum proteins synthesized in the liver, metabolic pool of amino acids

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Lipid biosynthesis

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excess carbs turned to fatty acid (palmitate), form ketone bodies, synthesis of VLDL and LDL, form bile acids

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Storage of which important substances

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iron, glycogen, amino acids, lipids and vitamins

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Metabolic end-product excretion and detoxification

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bind compound to protein, modify compound by hydroxylation and detoxification

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Bile pigment formation

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bilirubin and biliverdin

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What is jaundice?

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yellowish decolorization of skin and sclera from hyperbilirubinemia

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Causes of jaundice

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increase in bilirubin load on liver, defect in conjugation of bilirubin, defect in secretion of conjugated bilirubin, obstruction of the larger bile ducts

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Classifications of jaundice

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prehepatic, hepatic, posthepatic, neonatal, kernicterus

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Prehepatic jaundice example

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hemolytic anemia

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hepatic jaundice example

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defective conjugation or hepatitis

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posthepatic jaundice example

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impaired excretion of bilirubin to bile ducts

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Neonatal jaundice example

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physiological jaundice

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Kernicterus

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result of deposition of unconjugated bilirubin in nuclei of brain and nerve cells, causing cell destruction and encephalopathy

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What is Hepatitis

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inflammation of the liver

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What causes hepatitis

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viruses, bacteria, parasites, radiation, drugs, chemicals or toxins

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Which hepatitis’ are caused by viruses?

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A, B,C, D, E and CMV

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What causes Hep. A?

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Hep A virus, fecal-oral route

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Hep. A virus

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spherical particle containing DNA

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Hep A symptoms

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non-specific, abnormal ALT with or without jaundice, fecal shedding of the virus

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Hep A antigen

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not detectable in serum

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IgM antigen for HAV

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produced in initial phases

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IgG antigen for HAV

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produced in later phase and lasts years

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How common is chronic carrier?

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rare

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Is there a vaccine for hep A?

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Yes, but only available if over 2 years old and traveling or working in area with high transmission

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How is Hep B transmitted?

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parenteral, perinatal and sexual routes

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Hep B virus structure

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Central DNA core surrounded by a protein coat

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Where is HBcAg?

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The core

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Where is HBsAg?

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on surface

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Where is Hep B virus found in the body?

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All body fluids

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Hep B clinical symptoms

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abnormal liver functions tests, variable clinical courses with 2/3 asymptomatic and 1/3 have hepatitis-like syndrome

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Recovery for Hep. B?

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90% recovered in 6 months and develop antibody to HBsAg, 10% develop chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma

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Vaccine for Hep B?

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Nationwide vaccine and immunoglobulin if needle-stick or born to an infected mother

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What is tested for in all donated blood?

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HBsAg

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What is significant about HBsAg?

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It is the first serological marker of acute Hep. B infection and can help identify infection before onset of infection

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What after HBsAg disappears?

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development of anti-HBsAg, common in most of the population

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What is HBcAg?

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the core antigen found in nuclei of hepatocytes during acute infection, not found in plasma

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What develops first, anti-HBsAg or anti-HBcAg?

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anti-HBsAg

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Which Ig is shown for acute Hep. B infection?

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IgM

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Is HBcAg in serum?

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Yes, it is associated with DNA dependant DNA polymerase so it is detectable in serum

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HBeAg

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E antigen correlates the number of infectious virus particles and the degree of infectivity of HBsAg-positive sera

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What does HBeAg indicate?

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unfavorable prognosis and chronic liver disease

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Hep B viral DNA assay

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nucleic acid hybridization or polymerase chain reactions, a more sensitive measurement of infectivity and disease prognosis, monitor the effectiveness of antiviral therapy in patients with chronic HBV

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How is Hep. C transmitted?

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the Hep C virus, caused by blood transfusions

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46
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What type of virus is Hep C?

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an RNA virus

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How is HCV detected?

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Antibody can detect most infectious patients, but only at later stages, HCV RNA for early detection

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HCV antibody

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Not protective, can disappear years after infection

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HCV symptoms

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mild clinical course or asymptomatic

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HCV progression

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High progression to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and carcinoma

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Assay for HCV antibody

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just a screening test, may have false-positives

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What is liver cirrhosis?

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The irreversible scarring process by which normal liver is replaced with abnormal nodular structures

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Causes of Liver cirrhosis

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alcohol abuse, hemochromatosis, postnecrotic cirrhosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, Wilson’s disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

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What does cirrhosis cause?

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portal hypertension, hypoalbuminemia and deficiency of clotting factors

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Primary malignant tumors of the liver

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carcinoma and hepatoma originating from the liver, related to previous infection with a hepatitis virus, may have elevated alpha-fetoprotein

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Secondary tumors of the liver

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Metastatic tumor to liver from primary site, more frequent than primary tumors

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Reye’s syndrome

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Unknown cause, primarily found in children, fatty infiltration of liver with necrosis, cholestasis, and encephalopathy following recovery from viral infection

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Drug + alcohol related liver disease

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Can cause hepatic necrosis leading to coma and death, may be subclinical, include the use of ethanol, anti-inflammatory drugs, phenothiazines, and antineoplastic agents

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Assessment of liver function

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Self-reading, Jendrassik-Grof method for total and conjugated bilirubin, urobilinogen in urine and feces, enzyme tests in liver diseases

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Pancreas

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large gland involved in digestive process, composed of endocrine and exocrine tissue

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Endocrine

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4 cell types that secrete 4 hormones into the blood, insulin, glucagon, gastrin, and somatostatin

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Exocrine

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secrete ~ 2 L/day of fluid with digestive enzymes with high concentration of sodium bicarbonate, under both nervous and endocrine control

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Secretin

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Secreted by mucosal cells in duodenum when acidic contents, causes production of alkaline pancreatic fluid to protect lining of intestines

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CCK

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produced by cells of intestinal mucosa when fats or amino acids in duodenum, causes release of enzymes from acinar cells by pancreas into pancreatic fluid

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Cystic Fibrosis

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disease of exocrine function resulting in chronic respiratory infections, pancreatic enzyme insufficiency, and associated complications, autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that controls chloride channel to transport chloride into duct cells

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What cells are affected by CF?

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cells that produce mucus, sweat, saliva and digestive juices, making secretions thick and sticky, plugging tube, ducts, and passageways

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CF causes what to happen?

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small and large ducts dilate and convert small cysts filled with mucus, resulting in prevention of pancreatic secretions reaching duodenum or a plug blocking the lumen of bowel, leading to obstruction

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How is CF diagnosed?

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Elevated chloride concentration in sweat and specific genetic tests

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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5% of all deaths from malignant neoplasms, 5-year survival after surgery is less than 2%, tumors derived from exocrine tissues, arise as adenocarcinomas of ductal epithelial, present with jaundice, weight loss, anorexia, nausea, and pain

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Insulinoma

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result of very low blood glucose levels followed by insulin shock

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Gastrinoma

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AKA Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, watery diarrhea, chronic peptic ulcers, and marked gastric hyper-secretion and hyperacidity

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Glucagon-secreting tumors

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Can cause diabetes mellitus due to hyper-secretion of glucagon

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Pancreatitis

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Caused by autodigestion of pancreas from reflux of bile or duodenal contents into the pancreatic duct, acute edema with fluid in retroperitoneal space, necrosis of acinar cells and hemorrhage, intrahepatic and extrahepatic pancreatic fat necrosis

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Pancreatitis is associated with

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alcohol abuse or biliary tract disease

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How is pancreatitis characterized?

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increased serum amylase and lipase

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Amylase

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digesting carbs, only plasma enzyme normally found in urine

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Lipase

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function in hydrolyzing glycerol esters of long-chain fatty acids, synthesized in the pancreatic cells and secreted to GI, not present in urine, elevated in pancreatitis

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Gastric secretions

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include release of HCl, gastrin and pepsinogen, respond to neurogenic impulses, distention of stomach, contact of protein breakdown products, and gastrin

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What inhibits gastric secretions?

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high gastric acidity, inhibitory polypeptide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

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When do intestinal secretions begin?

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when the weakly acidic digestive products and lipids enter duodenum

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Intestinal secretions

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secrete GI hormones to regulate digestion and absorption so products of carbs, lipids, and proteins are absorbed into blood stream

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Gastrointestinal hormones

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released by endocrine cells in gut mucosa, influence motility, secretion, digestion and absorption, regulate bile flow and secretion of pancreatic hormones, affect tonicity of vascular walls, blood pressure, and cardiac output

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Gastric acid

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Determined from the titratable acidities and volumes of the component specimens, used for detection of anacidity and the extreme hypersecretion of gastrin

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tests to measure gastrin

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used to diagnose Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, fasting gastrin and provocative test, determined by RIA

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malabsorption syndrome

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impaired absorption of fats, proteins, carbs and other, may result from exocrine pancreas and biliary tract or intestinal diseases

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D-Xylose absorption test

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urine or serum, differentiating malabsorption from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

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Hydrogen breath test

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detect lactose intolerance, measure gases produced in intestinal lumen by breakdown of carbs and diffused into bloodstream

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Fecal fat analysis

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Qualitative or quantitative, increase is manifestation of malabsorption syndrome, cannot distinguish among types

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Sources of fecal fat

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unabsorbed lipids, lipids excreted into GI, cells shed into GI, and metabolism of intestinal bacteria

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Carbs

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compounds containing C, H, and O with a general formula of (CH2O)n and some derivatives like phosphates, sulfates and amines, either aldose or ketose

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Digestion and absorption of carbs

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digested by salivary alpha-amylase in mouth, then by pancreatic enzymes in small intestine and then by enzymes from intestinal mucosal cells, absorption requires energy and specific transport protein

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Embdem-Myerhof pathway

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gain 2 moles of ATP and then more from introduction of pyruvate into the TCA cycle and NADH into ETC, important for tissues like muscle that have energy requirements without an adequate oxygen supply

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Hexose monophosphate shunt

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permit the formation of ribose-5-phosphate and NADPH, preventing cells from free radical damage

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Glycogenesis

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used for glucose storage

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Epinephrine

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produce by adrenal gland, released during fight or flight, increase plasma glucose by inhibiting insulin secretion and increasing glycogenolysis and promoting lipolysis

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Cortisol

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produced by adrenal gland, released on stimulation by adrenocorticotrophic hormone, increase serum plasma glucose by decreasing intestinal entry into the cell and increasing gluconeogenesis and lipolysis

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Growth hormone

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produced by anterior pituitary, released on stimulation by decreased glucose levels and inhibited by increased glucose level, increase plasma glucose by decreasing the entry of glucose into the cells and increasing glycolysis

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ACTH

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produced by anterior pituitary, released on stimulation by decreased cortisol, stimulate the anterior pituitary to release cortisol, increase plasma glucose by converting liver glycogen to glucose and promoting gluconeogenesis

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Thyroxine

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produced by thyroid gland, released on stimulation by TSH, increase plasma glucose by increasing glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis and intestinal absorption of glucose

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Somatostatin

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increase plasma glucose by decreasing entry of glucose into cells and increasing glycolysis, secreted by D cells of Langerhans, increase plasma glucose by inhibiting insulin, glucagon, growth hormone and other endocrine hormones

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Insulin

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primary hormone responsible for entry of glucose into the cell, synthesized by beta-cells of Langerhans, released when blood glucose levels are high, increase glycogenesis, lipogenesis and glycolysis, inhibit glycogenolysis

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Glucagon

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primary for increasing blood glucose level, synthesized by alpha-cells of Langerhans, released when glucose levels are low, increase plasma glucose by increasing glycogenolysis in liver and gluconeogenesis

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Hyperglycemia

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increase of plasma glucose caused by an imbalance of hormone

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Diabetes Mellitus

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hyperglycemia caused by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both

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Type 1 diabetes

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occur in childhood or adolescence, loss of pancreatic islet cells and are dependent on insulin to sustain life and prevent ketosis. mainly result from cellular-mediated autoimmune destruction of the Beta-cells

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Type 2 diabetes

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hyperglycemia due to an individual’s resistance to insulin, relative deficiency, most cases of diabetes, adult onset, milder symptoms, greater tendency to develop hyperosmolar non-ketonic states

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Gestational Diabetes

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women who fail to augment insulin sufficiently during pregnancy, more common if family history of diabetes, usually return to normal postpartum, increased perinatal complications

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Diagnosis of diabetes

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depend on the type of hyperglycemia, easy for type 1 because hyperglycemia appears abruptly, is severe and has metabolic problems, difficult for type 2 because hyperglycemia is often not severe enough for patient to notice symptoms

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Diagnosis criteria for type 1 and 2

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random plasma glucose >= 200 mg/dL + symptoms, fasting plasma glucose >= 126 mg/dL, plasma glucose >= 200 mg/dL during oral glucose tolerance test

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Impaired fasting glucose

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fasting glucose levels >= 100 mg/dL but <126 mg/dL, have a 2-hour OGTT levels of >= 140 mg/dL but < 200 mg/dL

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Retinopathy

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cataract formation is the principal retinopathy of diabetes

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Neuropathy

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most common complication of diabetes, present with pain, numbness, tingling or burning sensation in extremities, dizziness and double vision

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Nephropathy

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proteinuria is first sign due to damage to glomerulus and capillaries, end-stage renal disease develops in 1/3 of patients with type 1

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Glucose tolerance test

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patient drinks 75g of glucose and a measurement is taken 2 hours later, if level is >= 200 mg/dL and is confirmed on another day, diabetes confirmed

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Diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes

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1-hour post-load screening test of >= 140 mg/dL indicates the need to perform a 3-hour OGTT using 100 g glucose, diagnosed when 2 of the following 4 are met:

Fasting > 95 mg/dL
1 hour > 180 mg/dL
2 hours >= 155 mg/dL
3 hours >= 140 mg/dL

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Methods of glucose measurement

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serum, plasma or whole blood, with whole blood being 15% lower than in serum or plasma, must be refrigerated and separated from cells within 1 hour to prevent glucose loss, sodium fluoride ions or sodium iodoacetate used as anticoagulant

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Glycated hemoglobin

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formed when glucose reacts with the amino group of hemoglobin, is chemically stable. proportional to plasma glucose concentration, reflects average blood glucose level of previous 3 months, determined by glucose concentration and red blood cell life span

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Affinity chromatography

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measures total glycated hemoglobin, separation based on chemical structure using borate to bind glycated proteins, not affected by hemoglobin F, S, or C

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HPLC

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measures glycated hemoglobin A1c, separations based on change, may be affected by other hemoglobin variants

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Microalbuminuira

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albumin excretion >= 20 mg/day and <= 300 mg/day, increase in urinary albumin, early sign for nephropathy associated with diabetes and are useful in assisting diagnosis before proteinuria

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Ketone bodies

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products of beta-oxidation of fatty acid, include acetone, acetoacetic acid, and beta-hydroxybutyric acid, produced in carb deprivation or decreased carb usage, measured in serum or urine

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Methods of ketone body measurement

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urine reagent strip test to detect acetoacetic acid, automated instruments to detect beta-hydroxybutyric acid or acetoacetic acid based on pH

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Finding of ketosis in diabetic patients

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dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, acidosis, decreased bicarbonate and total carbon dioxide, increased serum osmolality, lowered sodium concentration, increased potassium, highly elevated glucose in non-ketotic hyperosmolar state, presence of autoantibody

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Hypoglycemia

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decreased plasma glucose levels, various causes, classified as postabsorptive and postprandial hypoglycemia

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Postabsorptive hypoglycemia

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fasting, failure to maintain a stable plasma glucose level due to loss of glycemic control during fast state, caused by metabolic conditions like beta-islet cell insulinomas, characterized by a nonsuppressible insulin-like activity in which the glucose level drops below normal fasting levels, lack spontaneous recovery of glucose level, featured by decreased plasma glucose levels during hypoglycemic episode

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postprandial hypoglycemia

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reactive, not as serious, result from excessive release in insulin that results in glucose levels dropping below normal fasting levels, characterized by spontaneous recovery of glucose level

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Glycogen storage diseases

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result from the deficiency of a specific enzyme that causes an alteration of glycogen metabolism, with a glucose-6-phosphate deficiency type 1 as the most common

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