Emergency Care 13th Ed. Chapter 34 - Geriatric Emergencies Flashcards

3382899533	Starting at about age ___, our organ systems lose about 1 percent of their function each year	30	0
3382899534	The maximum H/R ______ with age, and the physiological mechanisms that cause increases in the H/R are not as sensitive	Declines	1
3382899535	A geriatric patient with internal bleeding may not exhibit the increase in ____ that we would expect to accompany significant blood loss	H/R	2
3382899536	________ is a loss of brain function	Dementia	3
3382899537	The most common cause of dementia in the elderly is ________ disease, a chronic organic disorder	Alzheimer's	4
3382899538	Older patients are at increased risk for ________ due to a diminished gag reflex	Aspiration	5
3382899539	An older person is likely to complain of _______ rather than pain when having a heart attack	Weakness	6
3382899540	Consider an elderly patient oriented to time if they can tell you what _____ it is	Year	7
3382899541	__________ is replacing lost circumstances with imaginary ones	Confabulation	8
3382899542	Many older people have a ______ threshold for pain	High	9
3382899543	As people age, the systolic B/P has a tendency to _______	Increase	10
3382899544	NSAIDS such as ibuprofen and naproxen relieve pain, but also irritate the ____ ______ and can cause internal bleeding	GI Tract	11
3382899545	______-______ interactions can occur because of the older patient's inability to clear medications from the body as quickly as before	Drug-patient	12
3382899546	______-______ interactions are very common in this age group, especially as the number of meds goes up	Drug-Drug	13
3382899547	_______ ______ _______ is the chief complaint in the elderly experiencing an MI	Shortness of Breath	14
3382899548	_________ is when the intestine provides a sac where food can lodge and cause inflammation and infection	Diverticulitis	15
3382899549	________ is the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles	Varicella	16
3382899550	________ medications have significant side effects, including weakness and dizziness	Hypertension (Diastolic above 90 mmHg)	17
3382899551	A complaint of ______ ______ should be taken seriously as it is a sign of a AAA	Abdominal pain	18
3382899552	The "silent treatment" is considered ________ abuse	Psychological Abuse	19
3382899553	Elderly _____ are most successful at committing suicide	Males	20