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=Missed Concepts=
 
=Missed Concepts=
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*During vitamin B12 repletion, you should monitor '''serum potassium, which can drop as new RBCs are formed.'''
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*'''Prolactin-secreting''' pituitary adenomas, including large ones, are first treated with '''oral dopamine antagonists''', whereas other pituitary adenomas are treated with surgery if large enough.
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*Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is most commonly '''21-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypotension, low Na, high K, hypoglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in girls), but can also be '''11β-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypertension, low K, hypoglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in girls) or '''17α-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypertension, low K, euglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in boys).
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=Thyroid=
 
*Workup of thyroid nodule almost always ends with FNA, the one exception is '''a patient without suspicious US findings or cancer risk factors, a low TSH, and a hot nodule on 123-Iodine scan (toxic adenoma).''' For these patients '''go straight to treatment (Methimazole pretreatment to achieve euthyroid > RF ablation vs. surgery)'''
 
*Workup of thyroid nodule almost always ends with FNA, the one exception is '''a patient without suspicious US findings or cancer risk factors, a low TSH, and a hot nodule on 123-Iodine scan (toxic adenoma).''' For these patients '''go straight to treatment (Methimazole pretreatment to achieve euthyroid > RF ablation vs. surgery)'''
 
*Hashimoto thyroiditis can be associated with other autoimmune conditions such as atrophic gastritis (pernicious anemia).
 
*Hashimoto thyroiditis can be associated with other autoimmune conditions such as atrophic gastritis (pernicious anemia).
*During vitamin B12 repletion, you should monitor '''serum potassium, which can drop as new RBCs are formed.'''
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*Young, normal weight patient, without family history of diabetes presents with symptomatic DKA? '''T1DM'''
   
*Total T3 and T4 in pregnancy can be 1.5x normal range and still be physiologic. TSH is suppressed. '''There is no role for measuring free T4 in pregnancy'''
 
*Total T3 and T4 in pregnancy can be 1.5x normal range and still be physiologic. TSH is suppressed. '''There is no role for measuring free T4 in pregnancy'''
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*Amiodarone decreases peripheral conversion of T4 to T3, but generally this self resolves in 6-9 months after treatment initiation. Amiodarone has a half-life of 100 days.
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=Glucose Homeostasis=
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*One complication of SGLT2 inhibitors is '''euglycemic DKA with BG < 250, but still with an elevated AG and low pH.'''
 
*Hyperglycemia and catabolic symptoms (weight loss, urinary frequency) are indications for insulin.
 
*Hyperglycemia and catabolic symptoms (weight loss, urinary frequency) are indications for insulin.
*One complication of SGLT2 inhibitors is '''euglycemic DKA with BG < 250, but still with an elevated AG and low pH.'''
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*Young, normal weight patient, without family history of diabetes presents with symptomatic DKA? '''T1DM'''
*'''Prolactin-secreting''' pituitary adenomas, including large ones, are first treated with '''oral dopamine antagonists''', whereas other pituitary adenomas are treated with surgery if large enough.
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*Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is most commonly '''21-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypotension, low Na, high K, hypoglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in girls), but can also be '''11β-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypertension, low K, hypoglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in girls) or '''17α-hydroxylase deficiency''' (hypertension, low K, euglycemia, ambiguous genitalia in boys).
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*Amiodarone decreases peripheral conversion of T4 to T3, but generally this self resolves in 6-9 months after treatment initiation. Amiodarone has a half-life of 100 days.
      
=Electrolyte Imbalanaces=
 
=Electrolyte Imbalanaces=

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