Medical Surgery Endocrine Cases and Answers

Medical Surgery Endocrine Cases and Answers A patient has a blood glucose of 400. Which of the following medications could be the cause of this? - CORRECT SOLUTION-Prednisone A patient has been admitted to the medical intensive care unit with a diagnosis of diabetes insipidus (DI) secondary to lithium overdose. Which medication is used to treat the DI? - CORRECT SOLUTION-Desmopressin is the drug of choice for treatment of severe DI. It may be administered orally, nasally, or by intramuscular or intravenous routes. Dopamine hydrochloride is a naturally occurring catecholamine and inotropic vasopressor; it would not be used to treat DI. A patient is scheduled to take 5 units of Humulin R and 10 units of NPH. What is the proper way of mixing these insulins? - CORRECT SOLUTION-Draw-up the Humulin R insulin first and then the NPH insulin. A patient is taking methimazole for hyperthyroidism and would like to know how soon this medication will begin working. What is the nurse's best response? - CORRECT SOLUTIONYou should see some effects of this medication within 2 weeks. Methimazole is an iodine preparation that decreases blood flow through the thyroid gland. This action reduces the production and release of thyroid hormone