Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating procedures on patients with endocrine causes of obesity.
Considerations
- The following causes of endocrine obesity, including how to exclude:
- hypothyroidism
- type 2 diabetes
- Cushing’s syndrome
- growth hormone deficiency.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Undertake clinical and laboratory investigation and management of the following endocrine pathologies: pituitary, thyroid, gonadal and adrenal disorders; endocrine disorders of calcium metabolism and the gastrointestinal tract; and endocrine causes of obesity. |