Geriatrics Flashcards
- Maximum survival potential
a. Life span
b. Life expectancy
c. Mortality Rate
d. Life sentence
a. Life span
Maxyears na pwede itagal ng tao
b: Usual age ng majority
- A person whose present age is at 80 years old may
be categorized as:
a. Young elderly
b. Old elderly
c. Old old
d. Frail
b. Old elderly
- Branch of medicine that deals with the illness of
the elderly:
a. Gerontology
b. Aegism
c. Geriatrics
d. Senesence
c. Geriatrics
b: Discrimination because of age
- Which age group pertains to frail
a. 65-80
b. 70-75
c. 75-84
d. 85-90
d. 85-90
- Which among the following statements describes
cachexia and sarcopenia correctly?
a. Sarcopenia is loss of muscle and strength accompanied by increase in fat mass while cachexia is weight loss resulting in both loss in muscle and fat mass
b. Cachexia is loss of muscle and strength accompanied by increase in fat mass while sarcopenia is weight loss resulting in both loss in muscle and fat mass
c. Sarcopenia is loss of muscle and strength accompanied by decrease in fat mass while cachexia is weight loss resulting in loss in muscle mass and increase in fat mass
d. Sarcopenia is loss of muscle and strength accompanied by decrease in fat mass while cachexia is weight loss resulting in increase in muscle and increase in fat mass
a. Sarcopenia is loss of muscle and strength
accompanied by increase in fat mass
while cachexia is weight loss resulting in
both loss in muscle and fat mass
- All of the following are criteria for frailty, except:
a. Unexpected weight loss
b. Isolated weakness
c. Decreased physical activity
d. Self reported exhaustion
e. None of these
b. Isolated weakness
Generalized dapat
Which of the following is not a component of senile
posture?
a. Forward head
b. Increased thoracic lordosis
c. Flattened lumbar curve
d. Hip and knee flexion
e. No exception
b. Increased thoracic lordosis
Increased thoracic kyphosis
- A Bone mass density of -1.0 - -2.4 SD is classified
as:
a. Osteopenia
b. Osteoporosis
c. Normal
d. Severe osteoporosis
a. Osteopenia
b: -2.5 or greater
- Which of the following femoral fractures in elderly
is at risk for avascular necrosis:
a. Femoral neck fractures
b. Intertrochanteric
c. Subtrochanteric
d. Femoral shaft fractures
a. Femoral neck fractures
- Which of the following is the treatment of choice
for elderly who suffers from femoral neck fractures?
a. THA more than ORIF
b. ORIF more than THA
c. Both are treatment of choice
d. Neither are treatment of choice
a. THA more than ORIF
- What is the main cause of fractures among elderly
a. Failure of calcium absorption
b. Sports injuries
c. Falls
d. All of these
c. Falls
- True regarding OA in the elderly, except:
a. Decreased water or fluid content in the
cartilage that leads to joint immobilization
b. Most commonly involved are non-weight
bearing joints
c. Joint replacements is at risk for loosening
d. Aerobic conditioning is part of the
management
e. No exception
b. Most commonly involved are non-weight
bearing joints
- The following are changes in gait, except:
a. Decreased speed
b. Decreased arm swing
c. Limited pelvic rotation
d. Decrease double limb support
d. Decrease double limb support
Increased double limb support
- The changing of natural hair color to a lighter one among elderly is due to:
a. Decreased collagen
b. Decreased melatonin
c. Decreased production of sweat
d. All of these
e. None of these
e. None of these
Melanin
- Which cardiovascular changes does not occur among elderly?
a. Decreased resting heart rate
b. Decreased arterial compliance
c. Decreased baroreceptor activity
d. None of these
d. None of these
- Which lung volumes change as a person reaches
elderly stage?
a. Residual volume and tidal volume
b. vital capacity and residual volume
c. Functional reserve capacity and residual volume
d. Vital capacity and Functional residual capacity
c. Functional reserve capacity and residual
volume
- Which pulmonary condition may result from decreased coughing mechanism
a. Aspiration
b. Pneumonia
c. Tuberculosis
d. Both A and B
b. Pneumonia
- Decreased baroreceptor sensitivity may lead to
___.
a. Anemia
b. Hypertension
c. Orthostatic hypotension
d. Left ventricular hypertrophy
c. Orthostatic hypotension
- Which of the following may contribute for the
decrease appetite among elderly
a. Hypochloridria
b. Decrease gastric compliance
c. Decreased smell and taste
d. All of these
c. Decreased smell and taste
- Which of the following describes hypochlorydria?
a. Decrease stomach acid production from
bacterial overgrowth
b. Impaired nutrient absorption due to
overproduction of enzyme
c. Decrease gastric compliance due to loss
of smell
d. None of these
d. None of these
Overgrowth of bacteria in the digestive system
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia more commonly occurs with
a. Men over 60 years old
b. Men before 60 years old
c. Women beyond 60 years old
d. Women before 60 years old
a. Men over 60 years old
- True regarding type I Diabetes, except:
a. It is also known as juvenile diabetes
b. There is decrease in glucose tolerance due to increase sensitivity of tissues to the
metabolic effects of insulin
c. insulin dependent type
d. is a chronic condition
b. There is decrease in glucose tolerance due to increase sensitivity of tissues to the
metabolic effects of insulin
- this type of DM is non insulin dependent?
a. Dm type I
b. DM type II
c. DM type III
d. A and C
b. DM type II
- This term describes small drops of urine being
ejected when the bladder could not empty
efficiently
a. Incontinence
b. Hypochlorydria
c. Dribbling
d. Voiding
c. Dribbling
