Test Your Knowledge

Which is not a side effect of SGLT-2 Inhibitors?

A. Kidney failure
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Ketoacidosis
D. Hypertension
E. Increased cholesterol levels
F. Serious urinary tract infections
G. Increased bladder cancer risk
H. Serious allergic reactions

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Which one of the following supplements has been shown to reduce the risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD)?

A. Vitamin D
B. Calcium
C. Vitamin C
D. Folic Acid
E. Niacin

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What proportion of Americans age 45 y and older have self-reported memory problems?

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True or False: there is an antidiabetic medication available on the US market with an indication from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent cardiovascular (CV) disease. Follow the link for the answer.

What is most important when evaluating CGM?

A. Accurately evaluating glucose levels in the hypoglycemic range
B. Considering mean absolute relative differences in blood glucose (blood versus CGM value)
C. Considering patient-reported outcomes (positive experience and preference to or not to include CGM in their daily lives)
D. All of the above

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Real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) facilitates our understanding of the relationship between:

A. Food and blood glucose (BG)
B. Exercise and BG
C. Stress and BG
D. Variation in BG during menstrual cycle
E. All of the above

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What proportion of Americans age 45 years and older have self-reported memory problems -- is it 1 in 30, 1 in 16, 1 in 9, or 1 in 4? Follow the link for the answer.

According to a recent study, frequently consuming meat, poultry, or fish cooked at high temperatures increases the risk for hypertension by how much?

A. 11%
B. 17%
C. 23%
D. 25%
E. 38%

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A 72-year-old patient arrives in your office complaining of shakiness and sweating before he went to bed the previous night. He doesn’t recall checking his blood glucose level at the time, however he felt better after a glass of milk and a few graham crackers. His current medications are metformin, pioglitazone, and glyburide. Which one of the following medications is the most likely cause of his symptoms?

A. Metformin
B. Pioglitazone
C. Glyburide

Your patient has been systematically titrating his basal insulin dose for the last 6 months. His daily dose is NPH .90 U/kg/day. Despite his good efforts, you decide it would be prudent to add a prandial insulin dose to his treatment regimen. Which of the following scenarios might lead you to this conclusion?

A. A1C=7.4%, FPG less than 130 mg/dl, PPG greater than 180 mg/dl
B. A1C=7.0%, FPG less than 130 mg/dl, PPG less than 180 mg/dl
C. A1C=7.0%, FPG less than 120mg/dl, PPG less than 160mg/dl
D. A1C=6.8%, FPG less than 120 mg/dl, PPG less than 160 mg/dl

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