terms and definitions related to geriatric patients
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| show | geriatric
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| Chronic disorder resulting in dementia. | show 🗑
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| When an elderly person replaces lost circumstances with imaginary ones. | show 🗑
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| show | arrhythmia
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| Abnormally low body temperature. | show 🗑
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| An inflammation in the tissue of the lung. | show 🗑
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| show | aortic disection
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| show | diverticulosis
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| show | age 30, 1%
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| show | a car crash or fall
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| Assessing the airway of older patients can be difficult for these two reasons: | show 🗑
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| 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 | show 🗑
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| Many older people can have changes in their pain threshold. It can be higher, lower, or have decreased sensitivity. True or false? | show 🗑
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| show | increase
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| show | loss of calcium
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| Deposits of cholesterol on arterial walls that have thickened can cause: | show 🗑
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| Decreased cardiac output can make a patient more prone to | show 🗑
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| Decreased elasticity of the lungs and decreased activity of cilia puts a patient at higher risk for: | show 🗑
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| show | weight loss or abdominal pain, problems chewing or swallowing
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| show | bleeding tendencies, the need for reduced doses of medicine
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| show | increased risk of hypothermia and hyperthermia
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| Diminished muscle mass or loss of minerals from the bones puts a patient at risk for | show 🗑
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| show | increased risk of medication error, harmful medication interactions
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| Death of friends and family puts a patient at an increased risk for | show 🗑
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| show | increased risk of tissue injury- thin, dry, wrinkled skin
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