Geriatric Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified

Geriatric Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified What is the typical age we consider geriatrics? ️️65 Avg life span for women? men? ️️81, 76 What are some sxs of frailty? ️️weakness, weight loss, exhaustion, slow, low physical activity What are the first signs of a physical disorder often in the elderly? ️️behavioral, mental, emotional Falling or confusion may be the initial presentation of what? (3) ️️appendicitis, pneumonia, urosepsis Elderly may have an infx but not what with it? ️️fever What are some common sxs of UTI in the elderly? ️️dizzy, confused, fatigued, weak, anorexia Common sxs of pneumonia in elderly. ️️tachycardia and tachypnea What are three ex of things that can cause syncope in the elderly that are not cardiac? ️️anemia, chf, pneumonia What may elderly with an MI not have? ️️chest pain