Endocrinology

Glucose, thyroid, adrenal, and the axes behind them.

Presentations

Vomiting, thirsty, and breathing hard

A 24-year-old is brought in by a friend after two days of vomiting and a headache.

Slower every week

An 81-year-old is brought in barely rousable in January; her daughter says she has been 'winding down' for a month.

Interpretation drills

Tools & pathways

Medications

pH7.09

PaCO218

HCO36

Glucose32 mmol/L

Anion gap28

Ketonespositive

The DKA panel

Values from the Blood Gas Lab's DKA case: an anion-gap acidosis with the arithmetic shown in the module.