JDMS Article - SDMS CME Credit

Article: Sonographic Features of the Liver Among Females With Type 2 Diabetes

Authors: Bárbara L. Riestra-Candelaria, PhD, Loida A. González-Rodríguez, MD, Wilma Rodriguez-Mojica, MD, FACR, Luis E. Vázquez-Quiñones, PhD, and Juan Carlos Jorge, PhD

Category: Abdomen [AB]

Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit

Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Sonographic Features of the Liver Among Females With Type 2 Diabetes,” you will be able to:

1. Analyze a study performed to evaluate liver length, liver texture, portal vein, and hepatic artery in type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic patients

2. Understand how diabetes negatively affects the liver

3. Identify the important role ultrasound plays in evaluating liver changes in type 2 diabetic patients

1. According to the World Health Organization, what is the most common metabolic condition worldwide?

2. Hemochromatosis

3. Type 1 diabetes

4. Type 2 diabetes

According to this article, what percentage of the worldwide population develops nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?

50%

75%

30%

25%

In this study, what minimum right liver lobe (RLL) measurement was used to diagnose hepatomegaly?

10.5 cm

12.5 cm

14.5 cm

16.5 cm

What grade of diffuse fatty infiltration is represented by a marked increase in echogenicity with poor penetration of the posterior segment of the RLL and poor or no visualization of hepatic vessels and diaphragm?

Severe

Minimal

Mild

Moderate

An increase in which laboratory value can be a marker used to identify the risk for developing type 2 diabetes?

AST

ALT

HDL

LDL