CARE OF AGING ADULT QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Atypical presentations in acute abdominal illness? ✅✅ANSW-Vague symptoms
Acute confusion
Constipation
Mild discomfort
Tachypnea
Atypical presentation in depression ✅✅ANSW-Anorexia
Vague abdominal cramps
New constipation
Agitation
Insomnia
Lack of sadness
Atypical presentation of hyperthyroidism ✅✅ANSW-Apathetic thyrotoxicosis - fatigue, weak,
weight loss, palpitations, tachycardia, new acid onset, HF if undiagnosed
Atypical presentation of MI? ✅✅ANSW-No chest pain
Fatigue, nausea
Decreased function and cognition
Classic: dyspnea, epigastric pain, weakness, n/v, hx of cardiac failure
Higher in females: non Q wave MI
Atypical presentation in infectious disease ✅✅ANSW-Low grade fever or no fever
Malaise
Sepsis w/o leukocytosis or fever
Falls, new confusion, or altered mental status