N6540 Midterm
1. What are the physiological changes of aging: 1. Reduced
physiological re- serve of most body systems
2. Reduced homeostatic mechanisms that fail to adjust
3. Changes in the sympathetic response
4. Impaired immunological function- infection risk is greater and
autoimmune dis- eases are more prevalent.
2. What factors influence lab value interpretation in the older adult: 1.
physio- logical changes with aging
2. the prevalence of chronic disease
3. changes in nutritional and fluid intake
4. Lifestyle
3. What lab values is important: Creatinine clearance, GFR and renal
function
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, 4. What are examples of drugs are eliminated renally: Digoxin, H2
blockers, lithium and water-soluable antibiotics
5. What are the two formulas to evaluate the kidney function: The
Cock- croft-Gault formula and the Modification of Diet in Renal
Disease (MDRD)
6. What neurological conditions commonly have an initial onset in older
age?-
: Parkinson's, dementia, stroke, and complex partial seizures
7. What are geriatric syndromes: Diseases that involve multiple systems
and have more than one underlying cause
8. What are the geriatric syndrome giants currently: Frailty, anorexia of
aging, sarcopenia and cognitive impariment
9. What are bimodal presentations of disease: Diseases that can present
in a younger age and an older age.
10.What are examples of bimodal diseases?: Psoriasis, Inflammatory
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1. What are the physiological changes of aging: 1. Reduced
physiological re- serve of most body systems
2. Reduced homeostatic mechanisms that fail to adjust
3. Changes in the sympathetic response
4. Impaired immunological function- infection risk is greater and
autoimmune dis- eases are more prevalent.
2. What factors influence lab value interpretation in the older adult: 1.
physio- logical changes with aging
2. the prevalence of chronic disease
3. changes in nutritional and fluid intake
4. Lifestyle
3. What lab values is important: Creatinine clearance, GFR and renal
function
1/
, 4. What are examples of drugs are eliminated renally: Digoxin, H2
blockers, lithium and water-soluable antibiotics
5. What are the two formulas to evaluate the kidney function: The
Cock- croft-Gault formula and the Modification of Diet in Renal
Disease (MDRD)
6. What neurological conditions commonly have an initial onset in older
age?-
: Parkinson's, dementia, stroke, and complex partial seizures
7. What are geriatric syndromes: Diseases that involve multiple systems
and have more than one underlying cause
8. What are the geriatric syndrome giants currently: Frailty, anorexia of
aging, sarcopenia and cognitive impariment
9. What are bimodal presentations of disease: Diseases that can present
in a younger age and an older age.
10.What are examples of bimodal diseases?: Psoriasis, Inflammatory
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