Failure to Thrive

Question 1

age-related physiologic vulnerability resulting from impaired homeostatic reserve and a reduced capacity to withstand stress

Answer 1

frailty

Question 2

What is a frail person at increased risk of?

Answer 2

disability and death

Question 3

What are symptoms of frailty?

Answer 3

weakness, fatigue, anorexia, inactivity

Question 4

What are signs of frailty?

Answer 4

malnutrition, decreased muscle/bone mass, anemia

Question 5

The near irreversible end of the natural history of the syndrome of frailty

Answer 5

failure to thrive

Question 6

What do dehydration, depression, impaired immune fxn, low cholestrol have in common?

Answer 6

associated with failure to thrive

Question 7

How is disability quantified as an FTT component?

Answer 7

loss of >1 ADL

Question 8

Defined as difficulty or dependency in completing tasks essential for self-care and independent living

Answer 8

disability

Question 9

Index that assesses basic life scales on a continuuam. 1 pt for each. 6 pts is a very independent person

Answer 9

Katz ADL scale

Question 10

intended for use in community-dwelling elders to identify their current level of independent living skills and how those abilities change over time

Answer 10

lawton IADL scale

Question 11

most common conditions affecting cognitive status in older adults.

Answer 11

delirium, depression, dementia

Question 12

independent risk factor for mortality, hospitalization, and need for long-term care

Answer 12

disability

Question 13

significant predictor of subsequent nursing home placement

Answer 13

BMI