Medical Pharmacology: Diabetes Management Practice Questions
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Type I diabetes is responsible for about:
1% of cases
5%-10% of cases
20%-40% of cases
About half of all cases
Principal cause of type I diabetes:
Chronic inadequate blood supply to the pancreas.
Destruction of beta islet cells due to autoimmune pathologies.
Both
Neither
The likelihood (concordance) of the presence of diabetes in genetically identical individuals is about to:
25%
40%-60%
>95%
The majority of individuals exhibiting type I diabetes do NOT have a family member with type I diabetes.
True
False
Individuals susceptible based on genetics typically have a sub-normal number of beta cells prior to the development of the autoimmune process.
True
False
Diabetes (Diabetes mellitus, DM) represents a group of frequently described metabolic disorders exhibiting a common phenotype of hyperglycemia.
True
False
Concerning diabetes (diabetes mellitus, DM) in the United States, which one(s) of the following statements is/are true?
DM represents the principal cause of end-stage renal disease.
DM is the principal cause of adult blindness.
Both
Neither
Type I diabetes results in complete or nearly complete insulin deficiency.
True
False
Concerning diabetes:
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes begin with a period of progressively impaired glucose homeostasis.
Three independent, distinct stages of type I diabetes mellitus have been defined on the basis of either autoantibodies against pancreatic beta cell antigens or by "development of worsening dysglycemia."
Both
Neither
Concerning type II diabetes: the common hyperglycemic phenotype in this setting is associated with genetic and metabolic defects in insulin action and/or secretion.
