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Chapter 20- Endocrine and Hematologic Emergencies

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Horizontales
The complex message and control system that integrates many body functions, including the release of hormones.
Excessive eating; in diabetes, the inability to use glucose properly can cause a sense of hunger.
One of the basic sugars; it is the primary fuel, in conjunction with oxygen, for cellular metabolism.
The build up of excess acid in the blood or body tissues that can result from a primary illness.
A hereditary condition in which the patient lacks one or more of the blood's normal clotting factors.
A life-threatening condition resulting from high blood glucose that typically occurs in older adults and which causes altered mental status, dehydration, and organ damage.
Ischemia and pain caused by sickle-shaped red blood cells that obstruct blood flow to a portion of the body.
A state of unconsciousness resulting from several problems, including ketoacidosis, dehydration because of excessive urination, and hyperglycemia.
The study and prevention of blood-related disorders.
The passage of an unusually large volume of urine in a given period; in diabetes, this can result from the wasting of glucose in urine.
A hereditary disease that causes normal, round blood cells to become oblong, or sickle shaped.
Glands that secret or release chemicals that are used inside the body.
Excessive thirst that persists for long periods despite reasonable fluid intake; often the result of excessive urination.
An autoimmune disorder in which the individual's immune system produces antibodies to the pancreatic beta cells, and therefore the pancreas cannot produce insulin; onset in early childhood is common.
Verticales
A tendency toward the development of blood clots as a result of a abnormality of the system of coagulation.
A hormone produced by the islets of Langerhans (endocrine gland location throughout the pancreas) that enables glucose in the blood to enter cells; used in synthetic form to treat and control diabetes mellitus.
Sever hypoglycemia resulting in changes in mental status.
A blood clot, either in the arterial or venous system.
Substances formed in specialized organs or glands and carried to another organ or group of cells in the same organism; they regulate many body functions, including metabolism, growth, and body temperature.
A metabolic disorder in which the ability to metabolize carbohydrates (sugars) is impaired, usually because of a lack of insulin.
Deep, rapid breathing; usually the result of an accumulation of certain acids when insulin is not available in the body.
A form of hyperglycemia in uncontrolled diabetes in which certain acids accumulate when insulin is not available.
A condition in which insulin resistance develops in response to increased blood glucose levels; can be managed by exercise and diet modification, but is often managed by medication.