Adult I Final Flashcards
Visual Changes
A 75 y/o woman is concerned she may have to stop driving b/c of difficulty seeing on bright sunny days, and esp. at night with headlights. You recomm she see her optho and suggest most likely source of visual impairment is:
a) age related macular degeneration
b) cataract
c) glaucoma
d) uncorrected refractive error
b) cataract
Which of the following changes is NOT associated with aging?
a) miosis
b) lens yellowing
c) alterations in color vision
d) increased glare sensitivity and recovery
e) increased Intraocular pressure
e) increased intraocular pressure
What has been shown to NOT improve wet age-related macular degeneration?
a) laser photocoagulation
b) a hand magnifier
c) antioxidant vitamins
d) wearing a hat on bright sunny days
c) antioxidant vitamins
Most likely way older adults become blind?
a) Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
b) Glaucoma
c) Diabetic retinopathy
a) ARMD
Wet ARMD is called neovascular macular degeneration and accounts for 10% of ARMD cases and dry (non-neovascular) ARMD accounts for 90% T or F
T
Second-most leading cause of blindness?
POAG=primary open angle glaucoma
Risk of cataract development include:
a) low educational level
b) more hours in the sunlight
c) smoking
d) ETOH
e) All of the above
e) all of the above
Do vitamins or nutrition help cataracts?
No
Primary sx of cataracts?
Increased Glare
Macular degeneration causes a decrease in________________
central vision acuity
POAG causes degeneration in _____________and the leading cause of blindness in _____________
peripheral vision acuity, african-americans
Most common risk factors for occular disease
smoking and HTN
Most common visual loss associated with age?
Cataracts
Hallmarks of bacterial conjunctivitis include:
a) purulent discharge
b) conjunctive hyperemia and gluing of eyelids
c) a and b
d) a only
c) a and b
Viral conjunctivitis produces:
a) watery discharge
b) foreign body sensation
c) pre-auricular adenopathy
d) conjunctival follicles
e) pruritis
f) a,b,c,d
f) a,b,c,d
Etiology of bacterial conjunctivitis:
a) NG
b) haemophilus influenzae
c) streptococcus pneumoniae
d) moraxella catarrhalis
e) pseudomanas
f) a,b,c,d
f) a,b,c,d
Bacterial conjunctivitis will resolve with or without tx in 2-5 days 60% of the time T or F
true
Allergic Rhinitis is an ________mediated response
IgE
Best choice of OCP for breakthrough bleeding?
add estrogen
Best choice OCP for acne?
______________
What decreases the effectiveness of OCP?
a) HTN
b) smoking
c) weight gain
d) weight loss
c) weight gain
Important lab test prior to OCP start if FMhx cardiovascular disease?
Lipid panel
Prehypertension:
a) 122/79
b) 140/82
c) 134/90
d) 120/80
d) 120/80
prehypertension= 120-139/80-89
Stage I HTN: a) 159/92 b) 160/90 c) 140/88 d 144/90
d) 144/90
stage I= 140-159/90-99
Stage II HTN >______/________
Stage II >160/100
If a patient starts to have acute decline in renal function after starting an ACE, this may suggest:
a) primary HTN
b) secondary HTN
c) renal failure
b) secondary HTN