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Geriatric Disorders
Ass. Clinical Sciences
10
Health Care
Professional
07/17/2013

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Term
Declining memory, irrational reasoning in the elderly
Definition
Alzheimer’s disease
Term
Non-healing sacral or heel ulcer in a bedridden patient
Definition
Decubitus ulcer
Term
Fall, painful limp with true shortening of the leg
Definition
Hip fracture
Term
Declining memory and visual hallucinations in the elderly
Definition
Lewy body dementia
Term
Gradual loss of central vision [scotoma]
Definition
Macular degeneration
Term
Nocturnal bone pain or back pain, recurrent infection
Definition
Multiple myeloma
Term
Incontinence [wet], ataxia [wobbly] and dementia [wild]
Definition
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Term
Pill-rolling tremor, shuffling gait, frequent falls, mask-like face
Definition
Parkinson’s disease
Term
Decrease In height, senile kyphosis and easily broken bones
Definition
Senile osteoporosis
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Confusion and urinary incontinence with loss of appetite
Definition
Urinary Tract Infection
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