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Year 3 Elderly Medicine

This class was created by Brainscape user Charlotte Humphries. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Charlotte Humphries
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Decks in this class (20)

1 - General Elderly Med
What is frailty 1,
Why is disease more challenging t...,
Name the 5 geriatric giants 3
24  cards
2 - Clinical Hx and Ex in Older Patients
Media 1,
What are the functions of the 2,
When does the most rapid accelera...
31  cards
3 - Sensory Impairment in Older Patients
How does skin change as it ages 1,
What are the clinical implication...,
How is body temperature affected ...
37  cards
4 - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Who should undergo a cga 1,
What are the frailty syndromes 2,
When should you conduct a cga in ...
16  cards
5 - Falls
What should you use instead of ca...,
Why are falls important 2,
What can impede our ability to wa...
16  cards
6 - Immobility
What is the patient mortality att...,
When assessing someone s immobili...,
What factors can cause immobility 3
31  cards
7 - Clinical Frailty and Multimorbidity
What is frailty 1,
What percentage of over 80s have ...,
What is the phenotype model of fr...
15  cards
8 - Incontinence and Constipation
What is the epidemiology of urina...,
Media 2,
What maintains continence 3
126  cards
9 - Acute Stroke
How long does a focal injury to t...,
What are the two main causes of a...,
What are clinically silent strokes 3
54  cards
10 - Stroke Rehabilitation
What is special about a comprehen...,
How does hasu differ from compreh...,
Which ps does asu take 3
25  cards
11 - Delirium
What is delirium 1,
What often happens to a p s sleep...,
What cognition impairments are ch...
38  cards
12 - Ethicolegal Aspects
What is an individual s ability t...,
Which act relates to capacity whi...,
What are the 5 underlying princip...
23  cards
13 - Dementia
What types of dementia are there 1,
What are the most common types of...,
What are the differentials for de...
30  cards
14 - Polypharmacy and Deprescribing
How many medicines do you need to...,
What are the two types of polypha...,
What percentage of over 65s are t...
24  cards
15 - Movement Disorders in Older Ps
Can children get parkinsons 1,
Media 2,
What is the role of the basal gan...
69  cards
16 - Orthogeriatrics
When do ps have sx of osteoporosis 1,
How is osteoporosis defined in te...,
Dexa scans produce t and z scores...
33  cards
17 - Surgery in Older Ps
What happens to oxygen requiremen...,
What guarantees better outcomes f...,
What age related changes can make...
29  cards
18 - Dizzy Older Ps
What is dizziness 1,
What is vertigo 2,
What is pre syncope 3
35  cards
19 - Infection in Older Ps
What is temporal arteritis 1,
What is the rx for temporal arter...,
What percentage of elderly ps hav...
18  cards
20 - Discharge Planning, Transfers of Care
What factors should you consider ...,
What is the nhs initiative where ...,
What is sheltered accommodation 3
23  cards

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