Noon Report
A patient on furosemide is found to have an AKI. This measure is more reliable for evaluating intrinsic versus pre-renal etiologies.
What is Fractional Urea
These are the 7 Activities of Daily living in a functional evaluation
what are:
Bathing, Dressing, Toileting, Transferring, Eating, Grooming, Continence.
This is from what movie
"After all this time?"
"Always"What is Harry Potter
This over the counter sleep agent has some possible positive effect in helping initiate sleep.
What is melatonin
This is purportedly the most common thing elderly patients fear
What are falls
This is the term for the "tree-like" projects on a chest xray that extend from the hilum to the lung apices.
What is cephalization
These are the four domains of geriatric medicine
The government averted an economic disaster by passing a stop-gap measure on this issue
What is the debt ceiling
This group of antidepressants should be last resort if used at all in geriatric patients
What are tricyclics (TCAs)
This is the rough percentage of patients between ages 65-75 that are still engaging in sexual activity and should be considered for STIs.
What is 50%.
Acute Liver Failure secondary to Hepatitis A only occurs in an estimated 2.6% of patients with an acute infection. however this is the rough mortality rate of that 2.6%.
What is 50%.
In geriatric patients this has become the most common cause of vision loss.
What is Macular Degeneration
This drink is a mix of muttled mint, soda water, lime juice, rum, and sugar.
What is a Mojito
This herbal supplement classically interfere with Warfarin
What is Saint John's Wart
In Geriatric patients, urinary or bowel incontinence may start after a patient is bed ridden for this amount of time.
What is 24 hours.
What is 2:3
The American Academy of Opthamology recommends optho evaluatiosn in patients over 65. This the recommended time RANGE
What is 1-2 years.
This 1980s toys was famous for the phrase
"And knowing is half the battle!"
What are GI Joes
Use of antipsychotics come with an increased mortality risk in the elderly. If it is needed current recommendations suggest starting at this dose.
What is 1/4 normal starting dose.
These are the three medications may be used to help patients increase oral intake and gain weight (or at least stop losing weight)
What are Megesterol, Mirtazapine, and Dronabinol
Type 1 Mitral regurgitation includes this part of the valve while Type 2 mitral regurgitation does not.
What is the annulus
This is the area of the central nervous system that leads to geriatric patients having trouble discriminating one sound out of several.
(This is why geriatric patients have trouble hearing/understanding what you are saying when other noises are present)
What is the Olivocochlear Bundle
(Medial Olivocochlear bundle to be more specific)
This was the first cartoon movie published by Disney
What is Snow White.
(December 1937)
This blood pressure medication may inadvertently lead to weight loss in elderly patients.
What are alpha blockers.
(Nasal congestion leads to loss of taste which leads to decreased oral intake).
These were the four indications for a hospital bed at home.
What are high risk decubitus ulcers, frequent turns, needing an overhead bar, palliative.