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A Model for Defining Frailty

Resiliency, Adaptive Capacity in Fit, Prefrail and Frail Patients

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model
A Model for Defining ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
The Cumulative Deficit Frailty Model

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model #Cumulative #Deficit
The Cumulative Deficit ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... Model #Cumulative #Deficit
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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balance - Sensory deficits ... Lifestyle #Geriatrics
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
with ascore of 1; Definite ... of possible or definite ... Notes: • Each definite ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Complications: • Deficit ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
Delirium Tips: What NOT To Do:
 - Don't think delirium is a benign condition 
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have failed (and definitely ... Diagnosis #Management #Geriatrics
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
Geriatric Depression ... Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Geriatric #Depression
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
motor or sensory deficit ... sensory/motor deficits ... artery - Oculomotor deficits ... sensory/motor deficits
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Suspended sensory deficit ... type) and sensory deficits ... extremities, LMN deficit ... LMN and sensory deficits
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
other neurological deficits ... Elderly #Neurology #Geriatrics