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Psychology
11th Grade
07/28/2012

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disturbance of consciousness, change in cognition, develops over short period of time
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delirium
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what can cause delirium
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general med condition, substance induced, multiple causes, or unknown
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development of memory impairement as manifested by impairment in the ability to learn new information, or recall it. significant impairment in social/daily functioning_ DOES NOT occur with exculsively during the course of a delirium or dementia
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amnestic disorder
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memory impairment-can't learn or recall. aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, disturbance in executive functioning- occurs slowly over months
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dementia
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refer to p 371 table
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sundowning
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symptoms of delirium become more pronounced during the later hours of the day
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four cardinal features of delirium
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acute onset or fluctuation of course, inattention, disorganized thinking, disturbance of consciousness
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primary dementria
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irreversible progressive r/t alzheimers
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secondary dementia
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related to aids or other some other pathological process
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cofnabulation
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unconcious "lying" that boosts a pts self esteem
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perseveration
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repetition of phrases or behaviors
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stage 1 AD
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mild-forgetfulness- short term memory loss, aware of the problem, - not diagnosable at this time
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stage 2 AD
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moderate- confusion- prgoressive memory loss, withdrawn, decline in ADLs, may need day care or in home assistance
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stage 3 AD
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moderate to severe- shows ADL losses, loss of reasoning ability, and verbal communication, frustration is common
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stage 4 AD
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family recognition disappears, does not recognize self in mirror, nonambulatory, shows little purposeful activty, often mute, incontinence is common. return of infantile reflexes
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people w stage 4 AD usually die from
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choking or infection
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increasing the brains supply of acetylcholine has shown to slow the progression of
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AD
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DNRCCA
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do not resuscitate comfort care arrest- all life saving measures are initiated, except for the case of a full cardiac arrest and intubation
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