Ch.39

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

Severe with rapid onset

Question 2

Ageism

Answer 2

When a person either knowingly or unknowingly discriminated against people who are old

Question 3

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 3

The number one cause of dementia and is believed to affect more than 5 million Americans

Question 4

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 4

Widespread Harding of arteries

Question 5

Aspiration pneumonia

Answer 5

Results from accidental aspiration of food or vomitus into the lungs

Question 6

Cardiac hypertrophy

Answer 6

Thickening of the heart walls

Question 7

Cataracts

Answer 7

A clouding of the lens of the eye

Question 8

Chronic

Answer 8

Long term or progressing gradually

Question 9

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Answer 9

Is a disease complex that includes many individuals pulmonary disease processes

Question 10

Cognitive impairment

Answer 10

Involves the deterioration of the elderly persons thinking memory language and judgment skills

Question 11

Congestive heart failure

Answer 11

Another form of emergency typically in the geriatric patient

Question 12

Delirium

Answer 12

Can also result in an alteration in mental status but unlike dementia which is chronic condition delirium presents with a more recent and sudden onset

Question 13

Dementia

Answer 13

Is a form of malfunctioning brain activity

Question 14

Drug toxicity

Answer 14

Or an adverse or toxic reaction to a drug or drugs

Question 15

Dysrhythmias

Answer 15

Irregular contractions of the myocardium secondary to electrical disturbances in the heart

Question 16

Glaucoma

Answer 16

Second leading cause of blindness in the United States

Question 17

Hyperthermia

Answer 17

Heat related disorder or increased body temp

Question 18

Hypothermia

Answer 18

Low body temp

Question 19

Intracranial pressure

Answer 19

Sharply increases and the nerve cells in the brain start to die or malfunction from the pressure

Question 20

Kyphosis

Answer 20

Curvature of the spin in the elderly

Question 21

Macular degeneration

Answer 21

Typically occurs in older adults and affects the ability to see objects in the center of the visual field

Question 22

Neuropathy

Answer 22

Neurological disorder

Question 23

Osteoporosis

Answer 23

Loss of minerals in the bones

Question 24

Pneumonia

Answer 24

An infection of the lungs caused by a bacterium virus or other pathogen

Question 25

Pulmonary edema

Answer 25

Fluid in the lungs

Question 26

Pulmonary embolism

Answer 26

Blockage in the arteries of the lungs

Question 27

Retinal detachment

Answer 27

Condition in which the retina becomes detached from supportive tissue behind it

Question 28

Seizure

Answer 28

Sudden or temporary alteration in mental status caused by massive electrical discharge in a group of nerve cells in the brain

Question 29

Silent heart attack

Answer 29

Heart attack patient feels no or little chest discomfort

Question 30

Stenosis

Answer 30

Narrowing of the valve to the heart

Question 31

Stroke

Answer 31

Common reason for an altered mental status in the elderly

Question 32

Syncope

Answer 32

Fainting

Question 33

Transient ischemic attack

Answer 33

Mini stroke