Block5 Linton Dementia

Question 1

What is a disturbance of consciousness and cognitive changes that develop during a short time?

Answer 1

Delirium

Question 2

What is characterized by several cognitive deficits including impaired memory?

Answer 2

Dementia

Question 3

What involves only an impairment of memory without other impairments?

Answer 3

Amnestic Disorder

Question 4

What disease has an underlying cognitive disorder? (this makes them more vulnerable to other parts of the disease)

Answer 4

Delirium

Question 5

What is characterized by multiple cognitive defects including impairment in memory without impairment in “Consciousness”?

Answer 5

Dementia (however there is impairment in learning, memory, language, problem solving, orientation, perception, attention, concentration)

Question 6

75% of dementia are made up of Alzheimer’s type and what other type?

Answer 6

Vascular disease

Question 7

What Neurocognitive disease gets worse at night, has a normal EEG, and little autonomic dysfunction?

Answer 7

Dementia

Question 8

What is the treatment Alzheimer disease to slow progression of cognitive loss?

Answer 8

Achase inhibitors and NMDA antagonists

Question 9

Delirium vs. Dementia, which one is not really reversible?

Answer 9

Dementia

Question 10

Delirium vs. Dementia, which one has a quick onset?

Answer 10

Delirium

Question 11

Delirium vs. Dementia, which one has normal level of consciousness?

Answer 11

Dementia

Question 12

Delirium vs. Dementia, which one does not have a reduced attention span?

Answer 12

Dementia

Question 13

What neurocognitive disease is characterized by memory impairment in the absence of other significant cognitive impairments?

Answer 13

Amnestic Disorders

Question 14

Amnesia disorder is caused by head trauma, stroke, and ________?

Answer 14

Thiamine Deficiency (look out for mamillary bodies and temporal lobe trauma)

Question 15

What disease has little autonomic dysfunction, normal EEG, and a history of alcohol abuse?

Answer 15

Amnesia Disorder

Question 16

What is the mild cognitive impairment “idea” that early Alzheimer’s Disease detection helps?

Answer 16

prevent damage to neurons are more likely to respond

Question 17

What is a syndrome that is “predementia” phase of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Answer 17

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Question 18

Neurocognitive Disorder is not synonymous with DSM IV of what?

Answer 18

Dementia

Question 19

In order for there to be a major neurocognitive decline disorder, what must there be?

Answer 19

Impairment in cognitive performance, does mess up daily activities

Question 20

There is major or mild neurocognitive disorder in what disease?
How many cognitive domains are required to be impaired?

Answer 20

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Question 21

What are two things that scream Alzheimer’s Disease?

Answer 21

decrease in IQ and disruption of normal life

Question 22

Major Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder typically results from the occurrence of two or more?

Answer 22

Strokes

Question 23

A minor vascular neurocognitive disorder is caused by what?

Answer 23

single stroke

Question 24

Alzheimer vs. Vascular, which one is most common, 65% of dementia cases?

Answer 24

Alzheimer

Question 25

Alzheimer vs. Vascular, which etiology features hypertension and a quick onset?

Answer 25

Vascular

Question 26

What is depression that mimics neurocognitive disorder/dementia?

Answer 26

pseudodementia

Question 27

What disease may be associated with complaints of memory impairment, difficulty thinking and concentrating, and an overall reduction in intellectual abilities? (we are not frontotemporal dementia here)

Answer 27

Major Depressive Disorder

Question 28

Depression-related Cognitive Dysfunction vs. Neurocognitive Disorder/Dementia is figured out how?

Answer 28

Medical Exam, evaluation of the onset of the disturbance, the temporal sequence of depressive and cognitive symptoms, and family background English: Depression is a quick onset, Dementia is declining over time.

Question 29

What disorder can be seen via a bad EEG? This disease has rapid deterioration and myoclonis

Answer 29

Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

Question 30

Common sense: when doing a differential diagnosis with aging patients, what is a differential Diagnosis?

Answer 30

Normal aging, result in minor changes to the normal aging brain

Question 31

Mild Neurocognitive and Major Neurocognitive deficits have what big differences?

Answer 31

Major Neurocognitive interferes in daily living, minor does not

Question 32

How is the difference between normal cognition and mild cognition determined?

Answer 32

not sure, hard to tell the difference

Question 33

What normally has an underlying cause and the goal is to reverse it?

Answer 33

Dementia

Question 34

What disease causes personality changes in early states characterizes Pick Disease?

Answer 34

Dementia

Question 35

What neurocognitive domain is evaluated attention, selective attention, divided attention is used to evaluate?

Answer 35

Complex Attention

Question 36

What neurocognitive domain is planing, decision making, working memory, feedback/error utilization, overriding habits/inhibition, and cognitive flexability?

Answer 36

Executive Function

Question 37

Immediate memory span and recent memory are what neurocognitive domain?

Answer 37

Learning and Memory

Question 38

Expressive language, grammar syntax, receptive language are part of what neurocognitive domains?

Answer 38

Language

Question 39

Visual perception, visuoconstructional, perceptual-motor, and praxis are part of what neurocognitive domains?

Answer 39

Perceptual Motor

Question 40

What neurocognitive domain is recognition of emotions and theory of mind?

Answer 40

Social Cognition