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Week 8 – Delirium in the elderly
 - Strata5 @Nrtaylor101

#Delirium #SMASHED #Mnemonic #Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Elderly
Delirium in the elderly ... SMASHED #Mnemonic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Elderly
STOPPFrail screening tool for deprescribing medications in frail older adults with poor survival prognosis. 

#STOPPFrail #Deprescribing
deprescribing medications ... Tool #Checklist #Medications ... #Elderly #Geriatrics
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
of Falls in the Elderly ... - Differential ... Polypharmacy - esp. > 4 medications ... Lighting #Falls #Elderly ... #Geriatrics #Differential
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Heart Disorders - Classification ... and Differential ... Disorders #Diseases #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
Weight loss in the Elderly ... #WeightLoss #Elderly ... #Ds #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... NMS can occur after ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome #Medications
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Precipitants in the Elderly ... #Precipitants #Elderly ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis ... #Differential
Hidden anticholinergics in elderly patients: What, where and how?

Antihistamines - 1st generation: chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine
Antidepressants
anticholinergics in elderly ... anticholinergics #medications ... #pharmacology #elderly ... #geriatrics #dementia
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly ... #hyperkalemia #medications ... #causes #differential
Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Beers List of Medications ... to Avoid in the Elderly ... List includes 48 medications ... which certain medications ... #Geriatrics #Medications