ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔testosterone - ✔✔decreases with age
leads to decreased sex drive
✔✔alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) - ✔✔helps metabolize alcohol
women have less than men = get drunk faster
✔✔normalize grieving in children - ✔✔psychoeducation (education)
✔✔grasp (palmar) reflex - ✔✔baby grabs finger
5-6 months disappears
✔✔moro (startle) reflex - ✔✔high to low position
5-6 months disappears
✔✔plantar (babinski) reflex - ✔✔toe goes upwars (dorsiflexion)
2 yo disappears
✔✔PDE-5 inhibitors (PDES) - ✔✔sexual dysfunction (e.g. viagra)
rapidly absorbed or short absorption
Sildenafil
Vardenafil
Tadalafil
✔✔eating disorder with normal BMI - ✔✔bulimia nervosa
✔✔eating disorder with low BMI - ✔✔anorexia nervosa
✔✔accupuncture - ✔✔pain and depression
✔✔Haveas corpus - ✔✔protects against unlawful hospitalization
(can leave AMA)
✔✔increased HI risk - ✔✔substance induced psychosis
✔✔increased SI risk - ✔✔schizophrenia
✔✔risk factors for suicide - ✔✔Ages 45 or older if male
Ages 55 or older if female
Divorced, single, or separated
White
, Living alone
Psychiatric disorder
Physical illness
Substance abuse
Previous suicide attempt
Family history of suicide
Recent loss
Male gender
✔✔DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS - ✔✔infection of nervous system
unsteady gait, assymetrical gait
do neuro exam
✔✔primary prevention - ✔✔decreasing the incidence of new cases
e.g. stress management classes, smoking prevention classes, DARE
✔✔secondary prevention - ✔✔decreasing the prevalence (number of existing cases)
e.g. screenings, telephone hotlines, crisis intervention, disaster response
✔✔tertiary prevention - ✔✔aimed at decreasing the severity of mental disorder
e.g. social skills, case management, housing
✔✔iatogenic - ✔✔adverse effects of medication (unfavorable response)
older adults at high risk (e.g. d/t polypharmacy or number of meds)
✔✔how to reach many NPs at once - ✔✔online (e.g. forums, social media)
✔✔12 yo with bedwetting - ✔✔set alarm clock to use restroom
(med= desmopresssin but try alternative methods first)
✔✔social media and patients - ✔✔can't look up patient information on social media
patient privacy
✔✔risk factors for sleep apnea - ✔✔excessive weight gain
diabetes
obesity
smoking
hypertension