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A 74-year-old woman complains of heaviness in her chest, nausea, and sweating that suddenly began about an hour ago. She is conscious and alert, but anxious. Her blood pressure is 144/84 mm Hg and her heart rate is 110 beats/min. She took two of her prescribed nitroglycerin (0.4-mg tablets) before your arrival but still feels heaviness in her chest. You should:recall that geriatric patients often have slower absorption and elimination times, which may necessitate modification of the dosing of certain drugs.

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We should recall that geriatric patients have a slower rate of absorption and elimination times.

What is geriatrics?

Geriatrics refers to medical treatment of the elderly (people 65 years and above).

Geriatrics is a medical specialty reserved especially for providing high quality, patient centered care for elder people.

Elder people have a different set of problems, and concerns which geriatric clinicians are trained to focus on.

Older people may be affected differently from illnesses, diseases, and medications than the younger people do. They also have multiple health problems that require many medications.

A geriatrics job is to help prevent and manage illnesses and develop plans for care that are for special health problems for elder people.

Therefore, when observing the patients vitals, we should recall that geriatric patients have a slower rate of absorption and elimination times.

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