Geriatrics

Question 1

Features of delirium

Answer 1

short term>long term memory loss
agitation or withdrawn
visual hallucination
disorientation
mood change
disturbed sleep cycle
poor attention

Question 2

anti-cholinesterases used in alzheimers

Answer 2

donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine

Question 3

when is memenatine used in alzheimers

Answer 3

add on to cholinesterases in mod
monotherapy in severe alzheimers

Question 4

when can anti-psychotics be used in alzheimers

Answer 4

patients at risk of harming themselves or others, or when the agitation, hallucinations or delusions are causing them severe distress

Question 5

when is donepezil contraindicated

Answer 5

bradycardia

Question 6

when does frontotemporal dementia tend to occur

Answer 6

before 65 years

Question 7

spherical aggregation of tau protins

Answer 7

pick bodies -frontotemporal

Question 8

management of frontotemproral dementia

Answer 8

none available

Question 9

alpha synucelin cytoplasmic inclusions

Answer 9

lewy body

Question 10

management of lewy body dementia

Answer 10

anti-cholinesterase inhibitors

Question 11

what dressings are put on pressure ulcers

Answer 11

Hydrocolloid dressings and hydrogels
NOT SOAP

Question 12

shoudk you swab pressure sores

Answer 12

no they all colonised

Question 13

scan for vascular dementia

Answer 13

MRI