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Geriatric Assessment
What do you think are some issues...,
Geriatric assessment should be wh...,
What should be on the problem lis...
24  cards
Physiology of Aging
Reduced homeostatic responses com...,
Host defense against infection ho...,
1 the most common early sign of a...
44  cards
Geriatric Health Maintenance
The major targets of prevention s...,
Effectiveness needs to be individ...,
It is recommended that for health...
33  cards
Nursing Home Care/Home Care
Assisted living facility all faci...,
Long term care residents1 mean ag...,
Nursing home care residents group...
31  cards
Elder Abuse
Definitionselder abuse according ...,
Define the following 1 elder seni...,
Name the most common perpetrator ...
25  cards
Geriatric Medical Potpourri
1 htn is defined as what 2 isolat...,
1 evaluation should include detec...,
The volume of blood pumped into t...
64  cards
Geriatric's Medical Potpourri 2
Parkinsons dz1 what is it 32 pp,
Some patients will develop what f...,
How should we dx parkinsons dz 2
24  cards
CHF Review and Palliative Care
1 what causes hf 2 causes 7,
State what kind of hf is associat...,
1 what are the non myocardial cau...
58  cards
FTT
What is the definition of frailty,
The frail older adult is identifi...,
Study of osteoporotic fractures s...
27  cards
Urinary Incontinence, UTI’s and Urosepsis in the Elderly
Definition of incontinence,
Ui can cause 4,
What factors do you want to look ...
30  cards
Cancer in the Elderly
1 ____ of all cancers occur in th...,
1 senescence of the immune system...,
Some cancers have a more indolent...
20  cards
Geriatric Polypharmacy
1 what is the definition of polyp...,
Examples of adverse drug events m...,
Most common drugs associated with...
19  cards
Geriatrics Potpourri 3
What is the leading cause of adul...,
Impacts of age related macular de...,
1 what is amd 2 early amd usually...
51  cards
Geriatric Potpurri 4
Common causes of pain in the elde...,
Chronic pain is undertreated in t...,
Who guidelines for medication 1 m...
8  cards
Acute Abdomen
The challenge of diagnosis for ac...,
Less abdominal inflammatory respo...,
1 60 of elderly requiring surgery...
18  cards
Dementia and Delirium
Dementia characteristics 3and at ...,
Characteristics of delirium 3may ...,
Clinical features of delirium1 ch...
28  cards

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