A&P, Resp
Aging brings a widespread decrease in bone mass, especially in which group?
Postmenopausal Women
An increase in blood pressure that commonly occurs with aging is physiologically exacerbated by…
Overproduction of Collagen and Decreased Quantities of Elastin
Most age related disturbances are the result of…
Cataracts and Glaucoma
Therapeutic doses of certain drugs may reach toxic levels in older people due to deterioration of the…
Liver
What organ is this? With age the weight decreases and responds slowly to sodium deficiency causing electrolyte imbalances.
The Kidneys
Aging kidneys have a decreased glomerular filtration rate, which predisposes an older person to which of the following conditions?
Hyperkalemia
Failure of the hearts primary pacemaker and the development of alternate pacemakers in the atria would most likely result in…
Atrial Fibrillation
What is presbycusis?
Loss of high frequency sounds and the inability to differentiate a particular sound from background noise.
In contrast to a 30-year-old man, if a 70-year-old man were to consume an excessive amount of alcohol ….
He would experience a higher blood alcohol concentration due to decreases in body mass and total body water
What are geriatric patients at risk for with large sodium loads?
Overhydration
An elderly person is at increased risk for aspiration, primarily from?
Decreases Cough and Gag Reflexes
Heat gain or loss in response to environmental changes is delayed in elderly people due to…
Atherosclerotic Vessels
Typical signs and symptoms of Meniere Disease?
Vertigo
Where are changes in the digestive system of the elderly first noticed?
Mouth
What endocrine disease are geriatric patients at a greater risk for developing?
Type 2 Diabetes
Decreases elasticity of the lungs and calcification of the costochondral cartilage results in…
An Increase in Residual Lung Volume
What happens to the brain as it ages?
It Decreases in Weight and Volume
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What decreases in size and strength causing incontinence?
Renal Sphincter
What hormone increase can cause pedal and peripheral edema?
Antidiuretic Hormones
What musculoskeletal changes may affect the pulmonary function such as limiting lung volume and maximal inspiratory pressure?
Kyphosis
As the mental function decreases, so does the regulation of… (Name 2 of the 6 things)
Respiratory Rate
Pulse Rate
Blood Pressure
Hunger and Thirst
Reflexes
Temperature
Vision changes can begin as early as?
40 years of age
You are dispatched to an assisted living center for an 80-year-old woman who is vomiting bright red blood. Upon your arrival, you find the patient sitting in a chair. She is conscious and alert, but it markedly pale and diaphoretic. Her medical history is significant for hypertension, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and osteoarthritis. Her medications include toprol, lisinopril, glucophage, synthroid, and ibuprofen. Her blood pressure is 76/56 mm Hg, pulse is 76 beats/min and weak, and respirations are 24 breaths/min and shallow. What do you believe is going on with this patient?
This patient, who is in shock, probably has a bleeding peptic ulcer secondary to ibuprofen use, and the lack of compensatory tachycardia is likely a result of the beta blockers she is taking.
Every immune system function is affected by…