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t in the Care of Older Adults, 3rd Edition
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by Laurie Kennedy-Malone, Verified Chapters 1 - 23, Complete
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Answers tat tthe tend tof tthe tChapter
Chapter t1: tChanges twith tAging
Multiple tChoice
Identify tthe tchoice tthat tbest tcompletes tthe tstatement tor tanswers tthe tquestion.
1. The tmajor timpact tof tthe tphysiological tchanges tthat toccur twith taging tis:
A. Reduced tphysiological treserve
B. Reduced thomeostatic tmechanisms
C. Impaired timmunological tresponse
D. All tof tthe tabove
2. The tstrongest tevidence tregarding tnormal tphysiological taging tis tavailable tthrough:
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A. Randomized tcontrolled tclinical ttrials
B. Cross-sectional tstudies
C. Longitudinal tstudies
D. Case tcontrol tstudies
t 3. All tof tthe tfollowing tstatements tare ttrue tabout tlaboratory
values tin tolder tadultsexcept:
A. Referencetranges tare tpreferable
B. Abnormal tfindings tare toften tdue tto tphysiological taging
C. Normal tranges t may tnot tbe tapplicable tfor tolder tadults
D. Reference tvalues tare tnot tnecessarily tacceptable tvalues
t 4. Biochemical tindividuality tis tbest tdescribed tas:
A. Each tindividual’s tvariation tis toften tmuch tgreater t than tthat tof ta tlarger tgroup
B. The tunique tbiochemical tprofile tof ta tselected tpopulation
C. The ttruly t“normal” tindividual—falling twithin taverage trange
D. Each tindividual’s tvariation tis toften tmuch tsmaller tthan tthat tof ta tlarger tgroup
t 5. Polypharmacy tis tbest tdescribed tas ttaking:
A. More tthan tnine tmedications tper tday
B. More tthan tfive tmedications tper t day
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C. Even ta tsingle tmedication tif tthere tis tnot ta tclear tindication tfor t its tuse
D. When ta tdrug tis tgiven tto ttreat tthe tside teffect tof tanother tdrug
t 6. Pharmacokinetic tchanges twith taging tis treflective tof:
A. What tthe tdrug tdoes tto tthe tbody
B. What tthe tbody tdoes tto tthe tdrug
C. The teffect tat tthe tsite tof taction tand tthe ttime tand tintensity tof tthe tdrug
D. The tside teffects tcommonly tassociated twith tthe tdrug
t 7. All tthe tfollowing tstatements tare tfalse tabout tdrug tabsorption texcept:
A. Antacids tincrease tthe tbioavailability tof tdigitalis
B. Gastric tacidity tdecreases twith tage
C. Anticholinergics tincrease tcolonic tmotility
D. Underlying tchronic tdisease thas tlittle timpact ton tdrug tabsorption
t 8. All tof tthe tfollowing tstatements tare ttrue tabout tdrug tdistribution tin tthe
elderly texcept:
A. Drugs tdistributed tin twater thave tlower tconcentration
B. Drugs tdistributed tin tfat thave tless tintense, t more tprolonged teffect
C. Drugs thighly tprotein tbound thave tgreater tpotential tto tcause tan tadverse tdrug treaction