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Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Flashcards

1
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What instrument is used to measure height?

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Stadiometer

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As well as standing height, what other kind of height should be measured in children?

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Seated height

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3
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How is head circumference in children measured?

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Tape round forehead and occipital prominence (maximal circumference)

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4
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What should be done after measuring a childs height?

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Plot onto a graft accurately (centile chart)

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5
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As well as centile charts, what other growth charts are there?

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Charts for predicting future height, and condition specific growth charts

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What is target height and mid parental height (MPH)?

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Potential height a child could reach

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7
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What is bone age?

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Degree of maturation of a child’s bones

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8
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What is used to predict a childs adult height?

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Childs height and bone age

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9
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What is the method called for staging puberty?

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Tanner method:

B (breast development)

G (genital development)

PH (pubic hair)

AH (axillary hair)

T (testes volume)

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10
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What does B for Tanners method range from?

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1 to 5 (breast development)

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11
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What does G for Tanners method range from?

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1 to 5 (genital development)

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12
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What does PH for Tanners method range from?

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1 to 5 (pubic hair)

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What does AH for Tanners method range from?

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1 to 3 (axillary hair)

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14
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What does T for Tanners method range from?

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2ml to 20ml (testes volume)

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15
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What is used to measure testicular maturation?

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Prader orchidometer

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16
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As well as height, what else is important for assessing a childs growth?

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Birth weight and gestation

PMH

Family history/social history/schooling

Systemic enquiry

Dysmorphic features

Systemic examination

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17
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Give a summary of assessment tools for measuring a childs growth?

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Height/length/weight

Growth charts and plotting

MPH and target centiles

Growth velocity

Bone age

Pubertal assessment

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18
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Why is a precise definition of normal growth difficult?

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Wide range within healthy population

Different ethnic subgroups

Inequality in basic health and nutrition

Normally relate to individuals or populations (genetic influence)

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19
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What are some factors influencing height?

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Age

Sex

Race

Nutrition

Parental heights

Puberty

Skeletal maturity (bone age)

General health

Chronic disease

Specific growth disorders

Socio-economic class

Emotional well-being

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20
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Shape of normal growth has stages, what are these?

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Infantile

Childhood

Pubertal

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21
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What hormones are involved in puberty?

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LH = Luteinizing Hormone

FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Testosterone

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22
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What is the relationship between growth and other changes in puberty?

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23
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What are the most important pubertal stages?

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Breast budding (tanner stage B2) in a girl

Testicular enlargement (tannger stage G2, T3-4ml) in a boy

these are earliest objective signs of puberty

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24
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Do girls and boys tend to grow at the same rate?

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They do until they are about 13

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25
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What are some indications for referral for growth disorders?

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Extreme short or tall stature (off centiles)

Height below target height

Abnormal height velocity (crossing centiles)

History of chronic disease

Obvious dysmorphic syndrome

Early/late puberty

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26
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What are some common causes of short stature?

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Familial

Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP)

Small for gestational age (SGA)

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27
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What does SGA stand for?

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Small for gestational age

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28
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What does CDGP stand for?

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Constitutional delay in growth and puberty

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29
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What are some pathological causes of short stature?

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Undernutrition

Chronic illness (JCA, IBD, Coeliac)

Iatrogenic (steroids)

Psychological and social

Hormonal (GHD, hypothyroidism)

Syndromes (Turner, Prader-Willi, Noonan’s, Achondroplasia)

30
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When are boys considered to have early/late puberty?

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Early - <9 years (rare)

Late - >14 years (common)

31
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When are girls considered to have early/late puberty?

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Early - <8 years

Late - >13 years (rare)

32
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Is it more common for boys to have early or late puberty?

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Late

33
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Is it more common for girls to have early or late puberty?

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Early

34
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Who does CDGP usually affect?

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Boys

35
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What is seen in CDGP?

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Family history in dads or brothers

Bone age delay

Need to exclude organic disease

36
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What are some causes of delayed puberty?

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CDGP

Gonadal dysgenesis (Turner 45X, Klinefelter 47XXY)

Chronic disease (Crohn’s, asthma)

Impaired HPG axis (septo-optic dysplasia, craniopharyngioma, Kallman’s syndrome)

Peripheral (cryptorchidism, testicular irradication)

37
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What is central precocious puberty?

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Condition that causes early sexual development in girls and boys

38
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What are some signs of early sexual development?

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39
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What are some signs of central precocious puberty?

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Breast development in girls

Testicular enlargement in boys

Growth spurt

Advanced bone age

40
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What is the treatment for central precocious puberty?

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GnRH agonist

41
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What is precocious pseudopuberty?

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Partial pubertal development that results from autonomous production of testosterone in a prepubertal boy

(low/prepubertal levels of LH and FSH)

Virilising or feminising

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43
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What is ambigous genialia?

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Infants external genitals dont appear to be clearly either male or female

44
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Wha examination should be done for ambiguous genitalia?

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Examination of the gonads/internal organs

45
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What investigation should be done for ambiguous genitalia?

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Karyotype

46
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What should be excluded from the differential diagnosis before diagnosing ambigous genitalia?

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

47
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What is the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism?

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1/4000 births

48
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Is there newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism?

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Yes

49
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What is the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism in children?

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Autoimmune (Hashimoto’s) thyroiditis

50
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What are some complications of acquired hypothyroidism in children?

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Lack of height gain

Pubertal delay

Poor school performance

51
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Is FH important for acquired hypothyroidism?

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Yes, family history of thyroid/autoimmune disorders often seen

52
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What percentage of children (aged between 2 and 15) are overweight or obese?

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31%

53
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What assessments should be done for obese children?

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Weight

BMI (kg/m2)

Height

Waist circumference

Skin folds

History and examination

Complications

54
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What is the formula for BMI?

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Weight (kg) / Height2 (m)

55
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Over what centile of BMI are children overweight?

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85th centile

56
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Over what centile of BMI are children obese?

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Over 97.5

57
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What parts of the history are important for children who are short and obese?

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Diet

Physical activity

Family history

58
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Symptoms suggestive of what things should be looked for in the history for short obese children?

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Syndrome

Hypothalamic-pituitary pathology

Endocrinopathy

Diabetes

59
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What are examples of some possible complications of children being short and obese?

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60
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What are some causes of children being obese and short?

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Simple obesity

Drugs (insulin, steroids, antithyroid drugs, sodium valproate)

Syndromes (Prader Willi syndrome, Laurence-Moon-Beidl syndrome, pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1, down’s syndrome)

Endocrine disorders (hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency, glucocorticoid excess, hypothalamic lesion, androgen excess, insulinoma, insulin resistance syndromes)

Hypothalamic damage

61
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What kinds of things are used for the treatment of obest and short children?

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Diet

Exercise

Psychological input

Drugs

62
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What’s the main complication of endocrine disorders in short and obese children?

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Growth failure

63
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What’s the main complication of syndromes in short and obese children?

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Learning difficulties

64
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What’s the main complication of hypothalamic causes in short and obese children?

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Loss of appetite control

65
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Why is early important for diabetic children important?

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Otherwise children can present critically unwell, such as with DKA, and perhaps die

66
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What does DKA stand for?

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Diabetic keoacidosis

67
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What symptoms should you think about for diagnosis diabetes early?

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Thirsty (polydipsia)

Thinner

Tired (fatigue)

Using toilet more (polyuria)

Return to bedwetting at night or day wetting (nocturnal enuresis)

68
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What test should be done to diagnose diabetes early?

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Finger prick capillary glucose test, result > 11mmol/L

69
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What result for the finger prick test indicates diabetes?

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>11mmol/L

70
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After identifying the symptoms and performing a finger prick test, what should be done to diagnose diabetes early?

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Refer to local specialist for same day review

71
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What are some DKA symptoms?

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Nausea and vomiting

Abdominal pain

Sweet smelling breath

Drowsiness

Rapid, deep sighing respiration

Coma

72
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What should not be done, that perhaps would be done for a suspected diabetes diagnosis, when you suspect a child has DKA?

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Request a returned urine specimen

Arrange a fasting blood glucose test

Arrange an oral glucose tolerance test

Wait for lab results (urine or blood)

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