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Skin assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Objective data of skin | Color, temp, moist/dry, edema, vascular markings - ecchymosis, skin turger, lesions, scalp, hair, nails |
| Elderly skin definitions - Senile lentigines, keratosis, Acrochordons | liver spots, crusty thickened area of skin, skin tags |
| aging of the eye | loss of elasticity, Turned in margins, refractive changes, Presbyopia - farsightedness, Cataract, Macular Degeneration, decreases response to light, distorted depth perception, arcus senilus - yellow opaqueness around iris |
| physical assessment of eyelids - ptosis , proptosis, edema, nystagmus | ptosis - drooping of eyelid, proptosis - inner protrusion of upper eyelid |
| physical assessment of pupils, cataracts, dilation, constriction, asymmetrical response | dilation- mydriosis . constriction - myosis |
| PERRLA | Pupils equal round reactive light accomodation |
| Eye tests: Snellen, Jaegar or rosenbaum. polychromatic plates, amslet grid | Snellen chart - vision tests. Jaeger chart or Rosenbaum:reading. Polychromatic plates: color. Amslet grid - macular problems |
| Ear subjective data | earaches, infections, dicaharge, hearing loss (presbycusis), envirnment noise, tinnitus, vertigo |
| Ear objective data | size and shape, discharge and pain, skin integrity |
| hearing/sound testing | whispered voice test, tuning fork test |