Term
| What is the diagnostic definition of Delerium |
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Definition
Disturbance of Consciousness with altered attention
Change in cognition or a perceptual disturbance |
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Term
| What are the major differences between delirium and dementia |
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Definition
Delirium has:
Faster onset
Clouded Sensorium
Reversibility |
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Term
| Causes of degenerative cortical dementia |
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Definition
Alzheimers
Lewy body
Frontotemporal |
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Term
| Causes of subcortical degenerative dementia |
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Definition
Parkinson's
Wilson's
Huntington's
Progressive Supranuclear |
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Term
| What are the levels of consciousness and how are they evaluated |
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Definition
Awake Alert
Lethargic/Somnolence
Obtundation
Stupor
Coma
Glasgow Coma Scale: Eye Opening, Best verbal response, Best motor response |
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Term
| What is the distinction between attention and concentration? |
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Definition
Attention: engaging in a stimulus without being distracted
Concentration: Sustain Attention over a period of 20 seconds |
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Definition
| Disturbace in production or comprehension of speech |
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
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Term
| Difference between Broca's and Wernicke's Aphasia |
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Definition
Broca's is expressive Aphasia(non-fluent)
Wernicke's is Fluent |
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Term
| What are the stages of memory |
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Definition
Registration
Encoding
Recall |
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Term
What type of lesions cause Immeadiate, recent
and remote memory loss |
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Definition
Immeadiate: Attention impaired
Recent: Hippocampus, Mamillary body, DM Thalamus, Medial Temporal
Remote: Association Cortex |
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Term
| How do you test immeadiate, New Learning memory, Recent memory, Remote memory |
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Definition
Immediate: Numeric Digit Repitition
New Learning: 5 min recall
Recent memory: Orientation
Remote Memory: Historical facts |
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Term
| Where are constructional deficits lesions located |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Can't recognize an object in hand |
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Term
| Gerstman's Syndrome signs and where is the lesion located |
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Definition
Finger Agnosia
R/L Disorientation
Dysgraphia
Dyscalculia
Alexia
Lesion: Angular Gyrus |
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Term
| What is the nonpharmologic and pharmacologic management of a delerious pateint |
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Definition
Well lit room, Oreint patient, Inroduce yourself, Involve family
Pharm: Neuroleptics |
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Definition
| Lost reading ability in previously literate person |
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Term
Cortical vs Subcortical dementia, which has:
Language Deficits
Apraxia
Depression
Apathy/Inertia |
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Definition
Language: Cortical
Apraxia: Cortical
Depression: Subcortical
Apathy/Inertia: Subcortical |
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Term
| What cortical lobe is the area involved in calculations? |
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Definition
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Term
| Steps of folstein's mini-mental |
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Definition
Orentiation-10pts (Time and Place)
Memory-6pts (Registration and Recall)
Language-5pts
Write sentence
Read and obey a sentence
Name a pen and watch when presented
Repeat "no if, ands, or buts"
Attention/Calculation-5pts
Serial Subtraction/Spell World Backward
3 Step Command-3pts
Intersecting Pentagons-1pt |
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