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GERIATRICS CORE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
ACTUAL EXAM
NEWLY FORMATTED DOCUMENT
Alzheimers What is the MC form of dementia?
Short term memory loss What is the first sign usually seen in Alzheimers?
MMSE, MOCA What are 2 screening tools used to evaluate for
dementia?
What 2 things will show
Neurofibrillary tangles + up on a pathology report
amyloid plaques (beta) for Alzheimers?
Acetylcholinesterase What is the first line treatment for Alzheimers?
inhibitors (donepezil,
rivastigmine)
, 2
Memantine (prevents What medication used to treat Alzheimers is a
glutamate stimulation - NMDA receptor antagonist?
excitatory
neurotransmitter that's
increased in
alzheimers)
What imaging study might be
MRI (temporal warranted in the case of suspected
lobe/hippocampus dementia? What will it show?
atrophy)
NV, Diarrhea, Weight What are 5 potential SEs for
loss, Vivid dreams, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors such as
Salivation donepezil/rivastigmine for dementia
treatment? Think
opposite of anticholinergic effects!!!
What are 4 common risk factors for
HTN, dyslipidemia, dementia?
Obesity, T2DM
Does dementia have an
acute or insidious onset?
Insidious onset
Impaired What is the definition of dementia?
cognition/memory
(NOT reversible)
What is the MC sign of
lewy body dementia?
Visual hallucinations
Decreased Describe the
cholinergic neurons pathophysiology of lewy
cause loss of cognitive body dementia? Prolly not
function (decreased important for exam!
GERIATRICS CORE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
ACTUAL EXAM
NEWLY FORMATTED DOCUMENT
Alzheimers What is the MC form of dementia?
Short term memory loss What is the first sign usually seen in Alzheimers?
MMSE, MOCA What are 2 screening tools used to evaluate for
dementia?
What 2 things will show
Neurofibrillary tangles + up on a pathology report
amyloid plaques (beta) for Alzheimers?
Acetylcholinesterase What is the first line treatment for Alzheimers?
inhibitors (donepezil,
rivastigmine)
, 2
Memantine (prevents What medication used to treat Alzheimers is a
glutamate stimulation - NMDA receptor antagonist?
excitatory
neurotransmitter that's
increased in
alzheimers)
What imaging study might be
MRI (temporal warranted in the case of suspected
lobe/hippocampus dementia? What will it show?
atrophy)
NV, Diarrhea, Weight What are 5 potential SEs for
loss, Vivid dreams, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors such as
Salivation donepezil/rivastigmine for dementia
treatment? Think
opposite of anticholinergic effects!!!
What are 4 common risk factors for
HTN, dyslipidemia, dementia?
Obesity, T2DM
Does dementia have an
acute or insidious onset?
Insidious onset
Impaired What is the definition of dementia?
cognition/memory
(NOT reversible)
What is the MC sign of
lewy body dementia?
Visual hallucinations
Decreased Describe the
cholinergic neurons pathophysiology of lewy
cause loss of cognitive body dementia? Prolly not
function (decreased important for exam!
