Geriatrics Flashcards
Ageism actions
calling them sweetie or honey
directing questions at family member rather than patient
routine delivery of care for all patients over a specific age instead of applying clinical decision making
Number of __ units decrease so each one must innervate a larger number of muscle fibers resulting in motor unit hypertrophy.
motor
Increase in ___ mass. Infiltration of this is a predictor of mobility restriction.
fat
Adults begin to experience decrease in bone mass in
40s and 50s
Type __ fibers are denervated
IIb
___% decline in strength per decade especially during sixth and seventh.
10
Decreased ___ of muscular contraction.
velocity
Decreased ability to
perform forceful and alternating movement
Decreased skeletal bone mass after ___ decade.
fourth
Decrease in
brain size
Decrease in nerve
conduction velocity which results in overall decrease in central processing.
Decrease in processing times that affect
nociceptors and other peripheral receptors
Decreased sense of
pain, joint proprioception and coordination, decreased somatosensory input, impaired balance reactions and reflexes and increased gait instability.
Decreased __ density in heart.
myocyte
Decreased ___ node pacemaker cells.
SA
Increased cardiac ___.
afterload
Decreased sensitivity to ___-____ stimulation.
beta-adrenergic
Increased ____ and ____ of heart valves.
calcification and fibrosis
Increased ___ tone leading to increased SBP.
vascular
Decreased arterial ___ and ____.
elasticity and compliance
Decreased ___ muscle strength.
inspiratory
Decreased ___ (respiratory value)
FEV1
