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Geriatric Patients
terms and definitions related to geriatric patients
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Elderly person, generally considered over 65 years of age or older. | geriatric |
| Chronic disorder resulting in dementia. | Alzheimer's disease |
| When an elderly person replaces lost circumstances with imaginary ones. | Confabulation |
| An abnormal heart rhythm. | arrhythmia |
| Abnormally low body temperature. | hypothermia |
| An inflammation in the tissue of the lung. | pneumonia |
| A separation of the layers of the artery- described as a tearing sensation. | aortic disection |
| An outpouching of the intestine provides a sac where food can lodge and cause inflammation. | diverticulosis |
| Starting at this age ____, our organ systems lose about ___ percent function each year. | age 30, 1% |
| Older patients tend to use EMS twice as much as younger patients. Two common complaints are: | a car crash or fall |
| Assessing the airway of older patients can be difficult for these two reasons: | dentures, arthritic changes in the neck bones |
| If you interview an elderly patient and the family tells you that some of their responses were incorrect, this could be due to neurological problesm or | medication |
| Many older people can have changes in their pain threshold. It can be higher, lower, or have decreased sensitivity. True or false? | true |
| When a person ages, the systolic blood pressure has a tendency to | increase |
| Hip fractures are common in elderly female patients due to: | loss of calcium |
| Deposits of cholesterol on arterial walls that have thickened can cause: | heart attack or stroke, hypertension |
| Decreased cardiac output can make a patient more prone to | falling, diminished activity |
| Decreased elasticity of the lungs and decreased activity of cilia puts a patient at higher risk for: | pneumonia and other respiratory infections, problems clearing foreign substances from the lungs |
| Fewer taste buds, less saliva, less acid production and a slower digestive system can cause | weight loss or abdominal pain, problems chewing or swallowing |
| Diminished liver and kidney function can cause | bleeding tendencies, the need for reduced doses of medicine |
| Diminished thyroid function can cause | increased risk of hypothermia and hyperthermia |
| Diminished muscle mass or loss of minerals from the bones puts a patient at risk for | falling, fractures |
| Multiple medical conditions puts a patient at risk for | increased risk of medication error, harmful medication interactions |
| Death of friends and family puts a patient at an increased risk for | suicide, depression, loss of social support |
| Loss of skin elasticity and shrinking of sweat glands causes | increased risk of tissue injury- thin, dry, wrinkled skin |
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