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Title: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment


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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
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Unique Features of the Elderly Patient
  • RAMPS
  • R- reduced body reserve
  • A- atypical presentation
  • M- multiple pathology
  • P- polypharmacy
  • S- social adversity

3
Geriatric Assessment
  • Physical
  • Mental
  • Functional status
  • Social status

4
Physical Assessment
  • History taking
  • chief complaint
  • history of present illness
  • past medical history
  • family history
  • drug history

5
History taking
  • History of fall, incontinence
  • Pain assessment
  • Drug history polypharmacy!
  • Nutritional history
  • Life-style smoke, drink, exercise, aids
    appliances
  • Vaccinations influenza, tetanus, pneumococcal ?

6
History taking
  • cognitive impairment, look for relatives
  • not respond to verbal command 3 Ds
  • dysphasia, depression, deafness.
  • adequate exposure but no direct light
  • private place with minimal distraction
  • face to face with slow and clear conversation
  • use aids and appliances, if necessary
  • use yes or no in motor aphasia
  • need more time than the young
  • multiple pathology rather than one disease
  • nutritional assessment dietary recall, MNA

7
History taking
  • Past medical history
  • only major illness leading to admission or
    absence from work
  • Chronic illness atherosclerosis (DM, HT,
    ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disorder,
    dyslipidemia), TB, osteoarthritis
  • Personal history smoking, alcohol drinking
  • Family history family member and status
  • Drug history polypharmacy, eye drop, skin
    preparation, over-the-counter drugs
  • Systemic review geriatric syndrome

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  • Abbreviated Mental Test
  • Age
  • Time
  • Address
  • Year
  • Name of institution
  • Recognition of two persons
  • Date of birth
  • Year of first world war
  • Name of present monarch
  • Count backwards 20 to 1

9
Thai Mini-mental State Examination (TMSE)
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Thai Mini-mental State Examination (TMSE)
11
Screening for depression
  • In practice ask 2 questions
  • Over the past 2 weeks, have you felt down,
    depressed, or hopeless?
  • Over the past 2 weeks, have you felt little
    interest or pleasure in doing things?

If yes for both questions, proceed to Thai
Geriatric Depression Scale
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  • Barthel Index of Activity of daily living
  • Transfer
  • Mobility
  • Toilet use
  • Grooming
  • Bladder
  • Bowel
  • Bathing
  • Feeding
  • Dressing
  • Stair

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  • Functional Status Assessment
  • (instrumental activity of daily living-ADL)
  • washing cleaning
  • cooking
  • shopping
  • communication transport
  • financial management
  • drug administration

16
Social assessment - relationship in family
  • Caregiver aware of elder abuse in dementia
  • Physical abuse
  • Caring abuse nutrition, drug compliance,
    pressure ulcer, incontinence, instrumentation
  • Financial family support, welfare
  • Environment housing, neighbor, elderly club,
    community

Pay attention to living alone, poor !!
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  • Physical Examination for the Elderly Patient
  • Vital signs temperature- look for hypothermia
  • pulse - rhythm, amplitude
  • blood pressure postural hypotension, white
    coat hypertension, pseudohypertension
  • respiration - Cheyne-Stokes respiration
  • General appearance body weight, height,
    apathetic face (Parkinsonism, hypothyroidism,
    depression)
  • Eye fundoscopy difficulty due to cataract,
    pupillary constriction

18
  • Physical Examination for the Elderly Patient
  • Ear ear wax impaction, external otitis
  • Oral cavity oral hygiene, chronic ulcer or mass
  • Neck range of motion (stiff neck ?), dizziness
  • Thyroid, carotid bruit, cervical lymph nodes
  • CVS aortic murmur, innocent or pathologic S4
  • Lung non-significant crepitation disappears when
    sighing
  • Breasts mass or skin infection
  • Back pressure ulcer

19
  • Physical Examination for the Elderly Patient
  • Abdomen collapsed thoracic cage closed to
    anterior superior iliac spine
  • full bladder, fecal mass, abdominal
    aortic aneurysm
  • PR for mass and prostate gland
  • Foot diabetic foot, callus, onychogryphosis
  • Nervous system non-significant signs (absent
    ankle jerk, decreased vibration sense at foot,
    frontal lobe releasing signs e.g. palmomental
    reflex, grasping, glabella tap sign, snout
    reflex.
  • Get-up-and-go test, gait

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Comprehensive geriatric assessment- Examination
  • Blood pressure ? ? hypertension
  • (2 positions) postural hypotension
  • Body weight ? ? under-nutrition
  • Special sense ? ? disability, fall
  • (VA, hearing)
  • Breast examination ?? breast cancer
  • Get-up-and-go test ?? fall, immobility

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Comprehensive geriatric assessment- Laboratory
  • Pap smear ? ? CA cervix
  • Fecal occult blood ? ? CA colon
  • Fasting blood glucose ? ? DM
  • Cholesterol ? ? dyslipidemia
  • TSH ? ? hypothyroidism
  • Osteoporosis screen ? ? fracture
  • NB PSA ??
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