Disorders affecting mental status
The inability to focus, think logically, and maintain attention.
What is Delirium?
May interfere with vision.
What is a cataract?
A weakening in the wall of a blood vessel resulting in an area of dilation of the vessel.
What is an aneurysm?
Alveoli become enlarged and Elasticity decreases.
What is respiratory capacity decreases?
Assessment and treatment of disease and/or injury in someone 65 years or older.
What is Geriatrics?
Progressive disorientation, shortened attention span, and loss of cognitive function.
What is Dementia?
Increase in intraocular pressure.
What is Glaucoma?
The heart enlarges with age.
What is hypertrophy?
May limit lung volume and maximal inspiratory pressure.
What is kyphosis?
Do not resusitate order.
What is a DNR?
Confusion, changes in personality or judgement, extreme difficulty with daily tasks.
What is Alzheimer Disease?
Causes vision loss in the central part of the visual field?
What is macular degeneration?
A disease that causes arteries to thicken, harden, and calcify.
What is artherosclerosis?
Decrease in size and strength.
What are respiratory muscles?
Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment.
What is a POLST?
Dyskinesia, Dementia, Depression, GI problems, and postural instability.
What is Parkinson disease?
A disorder in which the retina peels away from the underlying support tissue.
What is Retinal detachment?
The most rapidly fatal conditions.
What is a Triple A? (Abdominal aortic aneurysm)
Increased likelihood from either secretions or food particles.
What is airway obstruction?
Provides care for the terminally ill.
What is Hospice Services?
Risk factors include a history of depression, chronic disease, and loss of function, independence or significant others.
What is Depression?
Clouding of the lenses or their surrounding tissues.
What is a cataract?
Increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, hypertension, and bowel infarction.
What is arteriosclerosis?
One of the most common causes of death.
What is the Pneumococcus bacteria?
Leading cause of death in older people.
What is heart disease?