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Ageing Flashcards

1
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What is delirium?

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An acute confusional state that can lasts for 4-6 weeks

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What are the 4 components of delirium?

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Disturbance in attention
Change in cognition
Over a short period
Fluctuates during the day

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What are the other DDx with delirium?

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Anxiety

Depression

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What are the two pathophysiological reasons for delirium?

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Direct toxic insults e.g. drugs, hypoxia, low Na, low glucose
Aberrant stress response e.g. cortisol

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What are the 4 predisposing factors to delirium?

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  1. Dementia/Stroke/Learning difficulties
  2. Post-op (esp Hip)
  3. Elderly
  4. Co-morbidity
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Precipitating factors for delirium

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P-Pain
I-Infection
N-Nutrition and neurological insults
C-Constipation and catheterisation (due to urinary retention)
H-Hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, hydration, hypo/hyperthyroidism

M-Medication (polypharmacy)
E-Environment

ALCOHOL

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What does hypoactive delirium look like?

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Withdrawn, Apothetic, Sleepy

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What does hyperactive delirium look like?

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Agitated, aggressive, wandering, insomnia

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What is used to diagnose delirium?

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4AT, CAM

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What are the components fo 4AT?

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Alertness
Abbreviated mental test
Attention
Acute change or fluctuating course

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What are the components of CAM

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1+2 + 3 OR 4

1- Acute onset and fluctuations
2- Inattention
3-Disorganised thinking
4-Altered level of consciousness

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Management for delirium?

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Nurse in a well lit quiet room with the same nursing team present
Check they have hearing aids and glasses with them
Minimise medication when possible

Haloperidol if v agitated

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13
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What word described the body reaction to the drugs

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Pharmokinetics

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What word describes the drug action on the body?

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Pharmodynamics

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15
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What does DOACs stand for?

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Direct Oral anticoagulant

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16
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3 examples of acidic drugs

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Phenytoin
Aspirin
Peniclillin

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3 examples of basic drugs

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Diazepam
Morphine
Pethidine

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18
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What is the basic principle for absorption?

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Acidic drugs need an acidic environment

Basic drugs need a basic environment

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In older people there is a much more basic environment. Why is this?

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Less gastric parietal cells therefore they absorb they absorb more of basic drugs

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TRUE/FALSE

There is decreased small bowel surface area in elderly people

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TRUE

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21
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What protein binds to acidic drugs?

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Albumin

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What protein binds to basic drugs?

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a-1 acid glycoprotein

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TRUE/FASLE

Elderly tend to have low albumin but higher a-1 AG

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TRUE

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Why is there an increase in volume of distribution (and therefore longer half-lives) of lipophilic drugs in elderly patients?

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As elderly people in proportion to muscle mass have more fat

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What is the most important change in terms of distribution of drugs?

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Decreased body water (10-15%)

Therefore lower volume fo distribution of lipophilic drugs

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26
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With all these changes why is the t1/12 usually unchanged in the elderly?

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the Volume of distribution and CrCL are both lower

27
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What does it mean if there is a huge volume of distribution?

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Very lipophilic, very little in plasma

28
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Why are drugs that have a high volume of distribution potentially dangerous?

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Sit in fatty tissues for a long time

If then become cachexia this will start to be released

29
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Why do older patients have longer half-lives?

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Poorer renal and hepatic functions

30
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What is the equation for calculating the half-life?

31
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What is the equation to calculate CrCL?

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Serum Creatinine

x1.23 men OR x1.04 women

32
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SE of opioids

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Constipation

33
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What is the worrying SE of Steroids in elderly?

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Osteoporosis

34
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What does calcium interfere with the absorption of?

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Levothyroxine

35
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NSAIDs pose a big risk in elderly, what should you use instead if possible?

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Paracetamol

36
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What can opioids and benzodiazepines have as side effects?

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Impair psychomotor function, falls and confusion

37
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What is Beers Criteria?

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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

38
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TRUE/FALSE

Once the diagnosis is confirmed dementia patients no longer are classed as having capacity

A

FALSE

Dementia patients do have capacity

39
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Elderly patients often have atypical presentations of typical diseases e.g. in MI what percentage of people do not have chest pain?

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1/3 (eey not a percentage)

40
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Why do older people fall?

A

Physiology of ageing

Pathology commonly associated with ageing

41
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What fraction of patients who fall fear falling again?

42
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What is a common presentation of falls in 50s and 60s?

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Osteoporotic Wrist Fractures

43
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What is a common presentation of calls in 60+?

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Hip fracture (as not reaching out hand)

44
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What is sarcopenia?

A

age related loss of muscle mass and function

45
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What are 20% pf unexplained falls due to?

46
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What is the definition of postural hypotension?

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Fall in SBP >20mmHg or DBP >10mmHg after 3 minutes of standing

47
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What are the 5 causes of syncope?

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  1. Arrythmias
  2. Postural hypotension
  3. Neurogenic (vasovagal)
  4. Carotid sinus hypertrophy
  5. Valvular heart disease (aortic stenosis)
48
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Why are you more likely specifically to fall if you have dementia?

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Frontal part of the brain affected - Judgement and Visuo-spatial perception

49
Q

High stepping gait and Romberg’s positive is characteristic of which condition?

A

Cervical Myelopathy

50
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What is altered sensation and gait wide-based characteristic of?

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Peripheral neuropathy

51
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Pain/Paraesthesia legs and wide-based gait is characteristic of which condition?

A

Lumbar stenosis

52
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Wide-based gait and cerebellar signs occur in which condition?

A

Cerebellar ataxia

53
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Shuffling gait, tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural hypotension are characteristic of which disease?

A

Parkinsons disease

54
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How do you confirm BPPV?

A

Dix-Hallpike manouvre

55
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How is BPPV treated?

A

Epley manouvre

56
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Why are those who use bifocal or varifocal lenses at high risk of falls?

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They have altered depth perception

57
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What are the 5 main reasons that people fall?

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  1. Medication-Polypharmacy
  2. Alcohol
  3. Environmental hazards
  4. Inappropriate clothing/footwear
  5. Inappropraite walking aids
58
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What is the Fracture score?

A

prediction algorithm which estimates the 10 year absolute risk of osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures

59
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When does muscle mass and function start to decline? When is the loss accelerated?

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Starts to decline 30 years

Loss accelerated >60 years

60
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What is the criteria for diagnosis of sarcopenia?

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1 +2/3

  1. Low muscle mass
  2. Low muscle strength
  3. Low physical performance
61
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What is sarcopenia obesity?

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Loss of muscle mass with an increase in fat levels

62
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Which group of patients is cachexia often found with?

A

Cancer patients

63
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TRUE/FALSE

Muscle power declines more rapidly than muscle strength

A

TRUE

therefore need resistance training

64
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Where is 95% of creatinine stored?

A

Skeletal muscles

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