Prescribing in older people

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Question 2

How does absorption of drugs change in older people? [5]

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Question 3

How does volume of distribution and half life change for water soluble medicines change in older people? [1]
Why? [1]

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Question 4

How does metabolism of medications change with age? [3]

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Question 5

How does renal excretion change in older age? [1]

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Question 6

A patient who is elderly and has a low body weight - what is the most appopriate formula to calculate cr. clearance? [1]

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Question 7

Give a change that occurs with ageing and the clinincal significance for each of

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Question 8

Describe how you take a lying/standing BP [4]

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Question 9

Describe what a positive result would be for L/S BP [2]

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Question 10

NICE guidelines for UI suggest trialling how many anticholinergics before considering alternatives? [1]

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Two

Question 11

A score of > [] indicates frailty on the Rockwood score

It should only be used on people aged above what? [1]

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> 5
Should only be used on people aged above 65

Question 12

If used during a hospital admission, what should the Rockwood / Clinical Frailty Score reflect? [1]

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Should reflect the status of the patient two weeks before admission

Question 13

Describe how you assess gait speed and what a positive result would be [2]

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