Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Candidate number:

Theme: Diabetes

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Peripheral Neuropathy	I	Peripheral Arterial Disease
B	Neuropathy	J	Ketoacidosis
C	Retinopathy	K	Hypoglycaemia
D	Cataract	L	Diabetes Insipidus
E	Autonomic Neuropathy	M	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
F	Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus	N
G	Hyperosmolar Coma	O
H	Ischaemic Heart Disease	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1.   45 year old man with 20 year history of diabetes.  For the last few months he has had a burning sensation in his feet.

 

 

2.   72 year old man with diabetes.  He has been on insulin for 6 years.  His daughter had noticed that he was increasingly vague.  He was found unconscious.  BP 160/90.  Plasma urea, creatinine & electrolytes were normal.

 

 

3.   26 year old Asian man is found to have glycosuria.  He has been waking up at night to pass urine for 2 months.  His father & uncle are both diabetic.

 

 

4.   32 year old woman who has been diabetic for 25 years.  She can no longer cross a road on her own as she is worried that she may collapse.

 

 

5.   56 year old man with newly diagnosed diabetes is given laser treatment.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. A

2. K

3. M

4. E

5. C