Chapter 22: Care of children and young people with endocrine problems

1. What is NOT a sign of DKA?

  1. Hyperglycaemia
  2. Hypoglycaemia
  3. Glucose in the urine
  4. Acetone breath

Answer: B

2. What causes hypoglycaemia?

  1. Not enough to eat
  2. Not enough insulin
  3. Too much insulin
  4. Physical exercise

Answer: C

3. What does NOT have an effect on growth?

  1. Parental heights
  2. Hormones from the pancreas
  3. Adequate nutrition
  4. Thyroid hormones

Answer: B

4. What is the most common reason for congenital hypothyroidism?

  1. Maternal thyroid hormones
  2. Iodine deficiency
  3. Panhypopituitarism
  4. Maldescent of the thyroid

Answer: D

5. Name a key sign/symptom involved in early puberty in girls

  1. Development of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 years of age
  2. Growth delay
  3. Normal sex steroid levels in the blood
  4. Lack of menarche

Answer: A