Term
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Definition
1. reversible
2. irreversible |
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Term
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Definition
| acute confusion and change in cognition over a short period of time |
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Term
| causes of reversible dementia: |
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Definition
DEMENTIA:
D: drugs, depression
E: endocrine
M: metabolic dz
E: eye/ear impairments
N: nutritional
T: tumors, trauma, thyroid
I: infection
A: alcohol, arteriosclerosis |
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Term
| causes of irreversible dementia: |
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Definition
1. alzhiemers
2. pick dz
3. perkinson
4. head injury
5. huntingtons
6. Jacob-Cruzefeld dz |
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Term
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Definition
1. Hx: onset,duration,progression
2. review medications
3. MMSE
4. Functional activities questionnaire
5 search for systemic dz that may cause dementia
6. CT/MRI/EEG |
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Term
| Alzheimer's presents with: |
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Definition
| subtle onset memory loss followed by slowly progressive dementia |
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