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| disturbance of consciousness, change in cognition, develops over short period of time |
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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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| memory impairment-can't learn or recall. aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, disturbance in executive functioning- occurs slowly over months |
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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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| irreversible progressive r/t alzheimers |
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| related to aids or other some other pathological process |
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| unconcious "lying" that boosts a pts self esteem |
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| repetition of phrases or behaviors |
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| mild-forgetfulness- short term memory loss, aware of the problem, - not diagnosable at this time |
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| moderate- confusion- prgoressive memory loss, withdrawn, decline in ADLs, may need day care or in home assistance |
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| moderate to severe- shows ADL losses, loss of reasoning ability, and verbal communication, frustration is common |
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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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| increasing the brains supply of acetylcholine has shown to slow the progression of |
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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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