Cognitive Disorders

Question 1

What is the first part of orientation that is lost:

1. ) First?
2. ) Last?

Answer 1

1. ) Time is lost first

2. ) Person is lost last

Question 2

Loss of memory often caused by CNS injury

Answer 2

Amnesia

Question 3

Loss of memories in the past with retained ability to make new memories

Answer 3

Retrograde amnesia

Question 4

Inability to make new memories

Answer 4

Anterograde amnesia

Question 5

Characterized as acute encephalopathy

Answer 5

Wernicke

Question 6

Permanent neurological condition that is usually a consequence of Wernicke

Answer 6

Korsakoff

Question 7

Characterized by confabulation, apathy, and amnesia where anterograde amnesia is worse than retrograde amnesia

Answer 7

Korsakoff syndrome

Question 8

The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding

Answer 8

Cognition

Question 9

Chronic, progressive cognitive decline

-Usually irreversible

Answer 9

Dementia

Question 10

Acute, waxing and waning cognitive disorder that is usually reversible

Answer 10

Delirium

Question 11

Characterized by loss of focus/attention, disorganized thinking, and hallucinations (usually visual)

Answer 11

Delirium

Question 12

Rarely a primary disorder and is usually secondary to another cause

-Causes altered mental status in hospital

Answer 12

Delirium

Question 13

One drug that can be used to treat Delirium is

Answer 13

Haloperidol

Question 14

What are two treatable causes of dementia?

Answer 14

Depression and hypothyroidism