Medical Pharmacology: Diabetes Management Practice Questions
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Glycemic control is based upon:
Short-term measurements
Long-term measurements
Both
Neither
Automated, continuous glucose monitoring:
More commonly used in tracking "type II" diabetes compared to "type I" diabetes.
Allows for almost real-time blood glucose level tracking.
Both
Neither
Dapagliflozin is associated with:
Decrease risk of and-stage renal disease.
Reduced risk of death from renal and cardiovascular causes.
Beneficial and safe even in patients with eGFR As low as 25 ml/minute/1.73 m^ 2
Dapagliflozin is effective only in those patients with clinically documented diabetes.
A & B
B & C
A & C
A, B & C
All of the above: A, B, C & D
Type I diabetes:
Initial manifestation may be candidal vaginitis.
Ketonuriaand weight loss are uncommon at the time of diagnosis
Both
Neither
Associated with type II diabetes:
Obesity
Polyuria and polydipsia
HbA1c >6.5%
A & B
B & C
A, B & C
Diabetes mellitus:
In the United States, most individuals diagnosed with diabetes are likely to be classified as type I:
About 10% of individuals in the United States (about 34 million individuals) have diabetes mellitus.
Both
Neither
Diabetes Classifications:
Type I diabetes is thought to be due to pancreatic islet B-cell autoimmune-mediated cell loss.
N-type 1 diabetes, circulating insulin is almost completely absent and pancreatic B cells tend to fail to respond to insulogenic stimulation.
Both
Neither
"Family members of diabetic probands are at an increased lifetime risk for developing type 1 diabetes mellitus."
True
Paul's
In familial diabetes, the highest risk is for monozygotic twins (concordance is about 25-50%).
True
False
At least initially, some patients exhibiting mild type I diabetes have sufficient B-cell function to avoid ketosis; however, later in life insulin therapy dependence typically develops.
