Management of diabetes

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RACP Endocrinology (Management of Diabetes) Quiz sobre Management of diabetes , criado por Jeku Jacob em 26-04-2016.
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Questão 1

Questão
Which of the following mechanisms best describes the mode of action of the sulphonylurea class of drugs?
Responda
  • Stimulates insulin synthesis.
  • Enhances insulin binding to the beta cell insulin receptor.
  • Stimulates insulin secretion.
  • Stimulates conversion of proinsulin to insulin and C-peptide.
  • Stimulates beta cell proliferation.

Questão 2

Questão
The deterioration in glycaemic control over time seen in patients with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is primarily due to:
Responda
  • medication non-compliance.
  • increasing insulin resistance.
  • increasing obesity.
  • decreasing insulin secretion.
  • reduced energy expenditure

Questão 3

Questão
Which of the following drugs used in diabetes treatment is most likely to cause hypoglycemia?
Responda
  • Repaglinide.
  • Metformin.
  • Acarbose.
  • Rosiglitazone.
  • Orlistat.

Questão 4

Questão
In a patient with Type 2 diabetes which of the following co-existing clinical situations is the strongest contraindication to the use of a thiazolidinedione drug?
Responda
  • Fatty liver disease.
  • Peripheral vascular disease.
  • Severe congestive cardiac failure.
  • Proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
  • Serum creatinine 200μmol/L.

Questão 5

Questão
In patients with Type 1 Diabetes, the greatest benefit in using a long acting insulin analogue is in reducing which of the following
Responda
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Nocturnal hypoglycemia
  • insulin hypersensitivity
  • preprandial hyperglycemia
  • microalbuminuria

Questão 6

Questão
Glucagon-like peptide–1, secreted postprandially by the L-cells in the intestine, increases which of the following?
Responda
  • Gastric emptying.
  • Body weight.
  • Insulin secretion.
  • Hepatic glucose output.
  • Insulin sensitivity (sulphonylurea, thiazolidinediones)

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