Geries

Question 1

What are some reasons why, and elderly patient unsuccessful recovery

Answer 1

Reduced cardiac reserve
Decreased respiratory function
Impaired renal activity
Poor vasoconstriction

Question 2

Do Geries ( hyper or hypo ) cariba

Answer 2

Hypercapnia
Abnormally high CO2

Question 3

Gems

Answer 3

Geriatric assessment
Environmental assessment
Medical assessment
Social assessment

Question 4

Signs of dehydration in seniors

Answer 4

Speech

Question 5

Three systems mainly affected by Aging

Answer 5

Cardio
Nervous
Renal

Question 6

Examples of medication nonconfidence

Answer 6

Failure to fill in prescription

Question 7

What is Delerium?

Answer 7

A physical illness or a drug intox and talks in the senior population

Question 8

Cellulitis

Answer 8

Acute inflammatory by bacteria

Question 9

What do you do for reporting abuse on your PCR for elders?

Answer 9

Put in quotations for the subjective info
Subjective what you think
Vs obj what it is actually

Question 10

Polypharm on geries

Answer 10

Increase of adverse drug effects and interactions

Question 11

DNR

Answer 11

R
1( everything )
2( no chest comp )
3( no chest comp + intubation )
M
1 no ICU (maybe peds )
2 maybe surgery maybe site transfer
R
1 same as M2
2 sytom control

Question 12

What do old men love to kill themselves with?

Answer 12

Guns

Question 13

Is pneumonia deadly

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

Is low bp deadly

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Delerium versus dementia

Answer 15

Delirium is temporary
Dementia is a disease that produces air reversal. Brain failure.

Question 16

Postmenopausal women lose what vitamin

Answer 16

Vitamin D and calcium

Question 17

Brain shrinkage by

Answer 17

10-20%

Question 18

Two main causes of visual changes

Answer 18

Cataracs and glucoma.