Pharmacodynamics
Using serum creatinine alone usually _____renal function in older adults
What is overestimates?
Recommended frequency of regular physical activity for older adults
What is 3 days per week?
On PFTs, greatest volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs after taking the deepest possible breath, which declines about 40% between the ages of 30 and 80
What is Vital Capacity?
Screening physical exam maneuver for balance or gait disturbance in patient with a history of one fall in the past year
What is the Timed Get Up and Go test?
Two categories of medication most likely to cause delirium
What are psychotropic agents and anticholinergic agents?
The basic CDC recommendation for pneumonia vaccination in people age 65 or older
What is the 13-valent vaccine, PCV13 (Prevnar13), followed by the 23-valent vaccine, PPSV23 (Pneumovax23) one year later?
The most common murmur in older adults
What is aortic sclerosis?
The most common cause of Acute Vestibular Syndrome (AVS)
What is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)?
The volume of distribution of lipid soluble drugs in older adults as we age
What is Increases?
The USPSTF-recommended imaging study for males ages 65-75 who have ever smoked
What is an ultrasound for Abdominal aortic aneursym?
Optimal BMI associated with greater survival for older adults compared to middle-adults
What is Overweight (25-29)?
The JNC 8 treatment goal for patients ≥60 years
What is less than 150/90 mm Hg?
The volume of distribution of water soluble drugs in older adults as we age
What is Decreases?
CDC-recommended vaccination for prevention of a severe infectious pain syndrome in adults age 50 and older
What is two doses of recombinant herpes zoster vaccine, separated by 2 to 6 months (Shingrex)?
Found on screening urinalysis with reflex culture, usually in older women with no complaints.
What is asymptomatic bacteriuria?
Two chronic diseases for which treatment goals have been modified due to increased risk of falls with "tighter control"?
What are Hypertension and Diabetes?
In hospitalized older adults, this drug class is most likely to cause acute interstitial nephritis.
What are beta-lactam-containing antibiotics?
What AGS Choosing Wisely recommends when considering breast, colorectal and prostate cancer screening
What is Life Expectancy?
The only normal change in cognition with aging
What is decreased speed of retrieval?
Because of this, geriatric patients have a higher risk of orthostatic hypotension
What is an impaired baroreceptor reflex?
Syndrome with autonomic dysfunction, cerebellar abnormalities, parkinsonism, and corticospinal degeneration
What is Multi-System Atrophy, previously known as Shy-Drager syndrome?