Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus resulting from the consequences of insulin deficiency
Category Endocrinology
Thyroid Storm
Thyroid Storm: life threatening exacerbation of hyperthyroid state with 1 or more organ dysfunction
Myxoedema Coma
Myxoedema Coma: extreme form of hypothyroidism; high mortality
Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: rare; small proportion of chronic ethanol abusers; relatively benign if patients given IV dextrose and fluids; unclear aetiology
Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenal insufficiency: primary, secondary and tertiary + acute/chronic
Glucose Control Literature Summaries
Glucose Control Literature Summaries
Stress Induced Hyperglycaemia
Stress Induced Hyperglycaemia (SIH) is transient hyperglycaemia associated with acute illness
resolves with resolution of the underlying critical illness
John Dalrymple
John Dalrymple (1803-1852) English surgeon and ophthalmologist. Dalrymple sign (1952) relating to Graves disease; dissection and histology of first case of multiple myeloma with Bence Jones (1846)
Karl Stellwag von Carion
Karl Stellwag von Carion (1823 – 1904) was an Austrian ophthalmologist. Eponym: Stellwag Sign (1869) in Graves orbitopathy
Dalrymple sign
Dalrymple sign: Widened palpebral tissue (lid retraction) or lid spasm seen in thyrotoxicosis (Graves disease) by John Dalrymple (1852)
Graefe sign
von Graefe sign (lid lag sign): Failure of the upper lid to follow a downward movement of the eyeball when the patient changes his or her vision from looking up to looking down. Typically associated with hyperthyroidism and exophthalmos
Stellwag Sign
Stellwag Sign: decreased, incomplete or infrequent blinking in patients with exophthalmic goitre (Graves-Basedow disease). Stellwag sign may also seen in progressive supranuclear palsy, and in dysthyroid eye disease