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Endocrine System
Associated Disorders Of Endocrine System
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Nursing
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09/17/2011

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Term
METABOLISM
Definition

LESSON PLAN: ALL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE TO SUSTAIN LIFE & CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMBALANCES

 

BOOK: PROCESSES OF BIOCHEMICAL REACTIOSN OCCURING IN THE BODYS CELLS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PRODUCE ENERGY, REPAIR CELLS, & MAINTAIN LIFE

Term
ACID/BASE
Definition
REGULATION OF ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY IN BODY FLUIDS AND CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMBALANCE
Term
DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition

DISORDER OF HYPERGLYCEMIA RESULTING FROM DEFECTS IN INSULIN SECRETION, INSULIN ACTION, OR BOTH, LEADING TO ABNORMALITIES IN CARBS, PROTEIN, & FAT METABOLISM

 

FOUR MAJOR TYPES:

 DM1(5-10%)

DM2(90-95%)

GESTATIONAL DIABETES(2-5% OF ALL PREGNANCIES)OTHER SPECIFIC TYPES(1-2%)

Term

DIABETES TYPE 1

 

AKA JUVENILE-ONSET OR INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS

Definition

RESULTS FROM PANCREATIC ISLET CELL DESTRUCTION AND A TOTAL DEFICIT OF CIRCULATING INSULIN

 

BETA CELLS OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS ARE THE ONLY CELLS IN THE BODY THAT MAKE INSULIN

 

MAY BE AUTOIMMUNE OR IDIOPATHIC

90% OF THE CASES ARE IMMUNE MEDICATED

 

Term

DIABETES TYPE 2

 

AKA NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DM OR ADULT ONSET DIABETES

Definition

RESULTS FROM INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH A DEFECT IN COMPENSATORY INSULIN SECRETION

 

CONDITION OF FASTING HYPERGLYCEMIA THAT OCCURS DESPITE AVAILABILITY OF ENDOGENOUS INSULIN

Term
HORMONES
Definition

CHEMICAL MESSENGERS SECRETED BY VARIOUS GLANDS THAT EXERT CONTROLLING EFFECTS ON THE CELLS OF THE BODY

 

REGULATE VARIED FUNCTIONS SUCH AS GROWTH, REPRODUCTION, FLUID/ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, GENDER DIFFERENTIATION

Term
INSULIN
Definition

PRODUCED BY BETA CELLS; FACILITATE THE UPTAKE AND USE OF GLUCOSE BY CELLS AND PREVENTS AND EXCESSIVE BREAKDOWN OF GLYCOGEN IN THE LIVER AND MUSCLE

 

DECREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

Term
GLUCAGON
Definition

STIMULATES THE BREAKDOWN OF GLYCOGEN IN THE LIVER, THE FORMATION OF CARBS IN THE LIVER, AND THE BREAKDOWN OF LIPIDS IN BOTH THE LIVER AND ADIPOSE TISSUE

 

PRIMARY FUNCTION TO DECREASE GLUCOSE OXIDATION AND INCREASE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

Term
GLYCOGENOLYSIS
Definition
BREAKDOWN OF LIVER GLYCOGEN
Term
GLUCONEOGENESIS
Definition
FORMATION OF GLUCOSE FROM FATS AND PROTEINS
Term
SOMATOSTATIN
Definition
NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT INHIBITS PRODUCTION OF BOTH GLUCAGON AND INSULIN
Term
HYPERGLYCEMIA
Definition
ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
KETOSIS
Definition
ACCUMULATION OF KETONE BODIES PRODUCED DURING OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS
Term
POLYURIA
Definition
INCREASED UINE OUTPUT
Term
GLUCOSURIA
Definition
GLUCOSE EXCRETED IN THE URINE
Term
POLYDIPSIA
Definition
INCREASED FLUID INTAKE - THIRST
Term
POLYPHAGIA
Definition

INCREASED FOOD INTAKE - HUNGER

 

Term
EXOGENOUS INSULIN
Definition
INSULIN FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE THE BODY
Term
ENDOGENOUS INSULIN
Definition
INSULIN PRODUCED BY ONES OWN BODY
Term
DAWN PHENOMENON
Definition
A RISE IN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS BETWEEN 4AM & 8AM THAT IS NOT A RESPONSE TO HYPOGLYCEMIA. OCCURS IN TYPE 1 & 2. CAUSE UNKNOWN. BELIEVED TO RELATE TO NOCTURNAL INCREASES IN GROWTH HORMONE WHICH DECREASES PERIPHERAL UPTAKE OF GLUCOSE
Term
SOMOGYI PHENOMENON
Definition

COMBINATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIA DURING THE NIGHT WITH REBOUND MORNING RISE IN BLOOD GLUCOSE TO HYPERGLYCEMIC LEVELS

 

 

Term

DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS

 

(DKA)

Definition

DEVELOPS WHEN THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFICIENCY OF INSULIN AND AN INCREASE IN THE INSULIN COUNTERREGULATORY HORMONES

 

BODY BEGINS TO BREAKDOWN FATS FOR ENERGY LEAVING KETONES IN BLOOD WHICH ARE TOXIC ACIDS

 

PRIMARILY OCCURS IN TYPE 1 DM

Term

HYPEROSMOLAR HYPERGLYCEMIC STATE

 

HHS

Definition

CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERGLYCEMIA, HYPEROSMOLARITY, AND DEHYDRATION WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT KETOACIDOSIS OR KETONES IN BLOOD 

 

Term

HYPOGLYCEMIA

 

AKA INSULIN SHOCK,

 INSULIN REACTION, OR "THE LOWS"

Definition

*LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

 *COMMON IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DM

 

 

Term
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Definition

CHANGES IN THE RETINA THAT OCCUR IN THE PERSON WITH DIABETES R/T ALTERATIONS IN BLOOD FLOW IN THE RETINAL CAPILLARY STRUCTURE

 

HAS 3 STAGES:

*ONE: NONPROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY

*TWO:PREPROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY

*THREE: PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY

Term
DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
Definition

DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS CHARACTERIZED BY PRESENCE OF ALBUMIN IN THE URINE, HTN, EDEMA, AND PROGRESSIVE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY

 

OCCURS IN 30-40% PPL WITH TYPE 1 DM

& 20% OF TYPE 2 DM

Term
MICROALBUMINURIA
Definition

LOW BUT ABNORMAL LEVEL OF ALBUMIN IN THE URINE

 

FIRST INDICATION OF NEPHROPATHY

Term
DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES
Definition

THICKENING OF WALLS OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT SUPPLY NERVES CAUSING DECREASE IN NUTRIENTS

 

DEMYELINIZATION OF SCHWANN CELLS THAT SURROUND & INSULATE NERVES SLOWING NERVE CONDUCTION

 

FORMATION & ACCUMULATION OF SORBITOL WITHIN THE SCHWANN CELLS, IMPAIRING NERVE CONDUCTION

Term
CIRRHOSIS
Definition

END STAGE OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE

 

IT IS A PROGRESSIVE, IRREVERSIBLE DISORDER, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO LIVER FAILURE

Term

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS

 

AKA

 

LAENNECS CIRRHOSIS

Definition

MOST COMMON TYPE OF CIRRHOSIS IN NORTH AMERICA AND MANY PARTS OF EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA

 

END RESULT OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE

 

DIRECTLY RELATED TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

 

MALNUTRITION COMMONLY ACCOMPANIES ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS

Term
BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
Definition
OCCURS WHEN BILE FLOW IS OBSTRUCTED WITHIN THE LIVER OR BILIARY SYSTEM.  THE RETAINED BILE DAMAGES AND DESTROYS LIVER CELLS CLOSE TO THE INTERLOBULAR BILE DUCTS LEADING TO INFLAMMATION, FIBROSIS, AND FORMATION OF REGENERATIVE NODULES
Term

POSTHEPATIC CIRRHOSIS

 

OR

 

POSTNECROTIC CIRRHOSIS

Definition

ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE LIVER DISEASE RESULTING FROM CHRONIC HEP B OR C OR FROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSE.

 

CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS LEADING CAUSE

 

LIVER IS SHRUNKEN AND NODULAR, WITH EXTENSIVE LOSS OF LIVER CELLS AND FIBROSIS

Term
PARACENTESIS
Definition

ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM PERITONEAL CAVITY

 

MAY BE DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC

 

GOAL TO RELIEVE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS CAUSED BY EXCESS FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN

Term
GASTRIC LAVAGE
Definition

IRRIGATION OF THE STOMACH WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OR NORMAL SALINE

 

PERFORMED TO IMPROVE VISUALIZATION FOR ENDOSCOPY

Term
BALLOON TAMPONADE
Definition
USED TO APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE ON BLEEDING VARICES BY INFLATING GASTRIC/ESOPHAGEAL BALLOONS
Term

TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC POROSYSTEMIC SHUNT

 

(TIPS)

Definition

USED TO RELIEVE PORTAL HTN AND COMPLICATIONS OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES AND ASCITES

 

A CHANNEL CREATED THROUGH THE LIVER TISSUE USING A NEEDLE INSERTED TRANSCUTANEOULSY AN

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