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What are the two classification of falls?

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-Syncopal and Non- syncopal

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How would you take a history of a patient who has come in because of a fall?

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-How did they fall?
-What were you doing before the fall?
-do you remember the fall?
-did you experience any cardiac symptoms at the time of the fall?
-Any loss of consciousness
-has this happened before?
-any weakness anywhere
-Any medications- sedatives
-how do they mobilise at home?

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what examinations should you do on a patient who has had a recent fall?

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  • CVS examination
    -ECG
  • MSK examination
    -Cranial nerve exam
    -lying and standing BP
    -Assess patients risk of osteoporosis- if they are over the age of 75- any fracture that is caused by minimal trauma- indicated osteoporosis- treat
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Delirium V Dementia.

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Delirium- this has a fluctuating course- and is acute onset-hypo- hyper active delirium
Dementia- has a more insidious onset and is gradual-

to differentiate between these two you need to use the 4AT test

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What are the causes of Delirium?

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Drugs
Encephalitis
Liver failure
Iv drugs
R
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Urinary retention
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What are the different types of dementia?

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Lewy body- dementia- accompanied with hallucinations followed by parkinsons
Vascular- second most common- there is vascular disease
Alzheimers- This is insidious onset and is the most common
Parkinsons- starts off as motor problems then progresses into alzheimers
frontotemporal dementia- this is when there is dramatic behavioural change

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What is the treatment for delirium?

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  • first you treat the underlying cause
    -it can take up to 3 months for the patient to return to normal levels of functioning
    -then you can start them on medication
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What is the treatment for dementia?

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cholinesterase inhibitors
memantine

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What are the types of incontinence?

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stress incontinence
urge incontinence
OAB
functional incontinence
nocturnal incontinence

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how to perform a complete continence examination?

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-stop the caffeinated drinks
-Bowel habits
-full drug history
-ABDO exam
-Urine dipstick
-MSU
-PR exam- Prostate examinatio
-post mictruition scan
-External genitalia exam
-Bladder diary

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What is the management for urinary incontinence?

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-Pel-vic floor exercises
- changing drinking habits
-Changing diet
-CANNOT USE OXYBUTYNIN AND ANTICHOLINERGICS in older patients- this is because many drugs that stabilise the bladder can increase the risk of falls

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12
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What are the causes of faecal incontinence ?

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As you age the anal sphincters ae not as good - because of chronic consitpation and haemorrhoids- THE RECTUM ALSO BECOMES MORE VACUOUS- also there is reduced intra abdominal pressure

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What is faecal impaction?

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This is when there is either hard or soft stool impacted into the rectum sometimes it can also be higher- if there are strong clinical signs of faecal impaction and the rectum is empty its probably impacted higher up.
Faecal impaction usually presents with constipation and then overflow diarrhoea

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What is the treatment for faecal impaction?

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-Soft stools- these can come out with stimulant laxatives and enemas
-Hard stools- these can come out using manual extraction ]

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What are examinations you perfprm for faecal incontinence?

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-ABDO exam
-Prostate exam
-Bladder exam- if the rectum is full there is an indication that the bladder will also be full
-any neurogenic dysfunction

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What is the main complication of faecal impaction?

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STERCORAL PERFORATION- this is when theres chronic impaction in the bowel and it starts exerting a pressure on the wall of the colon and it causes ischaemia and perforation

17
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What is the specific treatment for faecal impaction?

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-If the stool isn’t in the rectum:
-oral laxatives- mix of stimulants and softner- senna and sodium docusate

18
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What is a red flag symptom in faecal incontinence- constipation?

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  • this is when there is reduced anal tone and reduced sensation- suggests cauda equina- URGENT
19
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What are some red flag symptoms for Chronic diarrhoea?

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-This would be weight loss, blood in stool, new change in bowel habit.

exclude FAECAL IMPACTION

20
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What is a transient ischaemic attack?

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a blockage in a blood vessel causing neurological signs for less than 24 hours
ABCD2 score is a risk assessment measure used to determine if someone has an increased risk of stroke

21
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What is the treatment and management post TIA?

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300mg Aspirin
-CT , blood tests
modify any risk factors- like hypertension, diabetes- maybe surgical intervention for carotid artery disease
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22
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What is crescendo TIA? and how should it be managed?

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it is when a patient has had repeated TIA- this patient should be treated as high risk for stroke

23
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What is a stroke?

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This is when there is a sudden vascular event in the brain causing focal neurological signs which last more than 24 hours or with MRI signs of cerebral damage

24
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main classifcations for stroke

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BRAMFORD
-FAST-
NIH- determines the prognosis?
-ROSIER SCALE (differentiating between stroke and mimic)
TOAST- this is for the underlying cause

25
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Types of stroke

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PACS- partial anterior
TACS-total anterior- most severe
LACS-lacunar
POCS- posterior circulation

26
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What is the treatment for STROKE?

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alteplase offered if stroke happened up to 4.5 hours ago
aspirin 300mg orally or enterally or rectum if dysphagic
-Patients who are neurologically stable and have carotic stenosis of 50-99% should according to NASCET be:
-offered surgery for carotic endarterectomy
-and undergo surgery within 2 weeks of symptoms of TIA or stroke - they MUST be fit to sit for surgery

27
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What should you do if a patient presents with middle cerebral infarction?

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They are at risk of malignant middle cerebral artery syndrome- need urgent decompressive hemicraniotomy - if they are under 60 and CT scan suggestive of at least 50 % of MCA territory- and a MIHSS score equal to or more than 15

28
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What investigation do you have to do before starting a stroke patient on anti-coag?

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-HAS-BLED AND CHADVASC

29
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What is malignant MCA syndrome?

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This is when there is a MCA stroke which results in oedema and neurological deterioration.

30
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what is cardiac enderarterectomy?

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This is when there is removal of the plaque within the artery

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