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Cognitive impairment and confused states Flashcards

1
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What is confusion?

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Not being able to think clearly.

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What is cognition?

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The mental processes involved in making sense of and learning about the world around us.

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What type of cognition declines with age?

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Fluid cognition

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What is fluid cognition?

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The ability to process new information to quickly solve problems.

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At what age does fluid cognitive abilities start to decline?

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20.

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What is crystallised cognition?

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Using cumulative skills and memories from cognition processing that has occurred in the past.

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What problems may cause young adults to experience cognitive impairment?

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Acute illness
Post-surgery
Sleep deprivation
Extreme exercise
Alcohol
Drugs
Depression

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What is some key features of delirium?

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Acute onset
Impairment of attention and awareness
Fluctuating
Often worse in the evening

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What is delirium usually caused by?

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Systemic illness

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What type of delirium usually presents with agitation, pacing and aggression?

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Hyperactive delirium.

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What type of delirium usually presents with reduced movement, sleepiness and reduced appetite?

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Hypoactive delirium.

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12
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What percentage of hospital inpatients suffer from delirium?

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20%

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Up to how many elderly inpatients are likely to suffer from delirium?

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Up to half.

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Years following a period of delirium, the risk of what condition increases?

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Dementia.

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What types of patients are as risk of delirium?

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Older adults + young children
Multiple co-morbidities/frailty
Polypharmacy
Pre-existing cognitive impairment
Sensory impairment

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16
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How can delirium be prevented?

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Prevent dehydration + constipation
Treat infections early
Maximise sleep
Encourage mobility
Manage pain
Ensure good nutrition

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17
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What term is used for a group of progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorders?

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Dementia

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18
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Which cognitive condition is one of the main causes of disability later in life?

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Dementia.

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19
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What are the main differences between delirium and dementia?

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What are the main types of dementia?

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21
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Which three proteins unfolding are linked to dementia?

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Amyloid
Tau
Synuclein

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Which proteins are linked to Alzheimers?

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Amyloid
Tau

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Which protein is linked to Parkinsons/dementia with Lewy bodies?

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Synuclein

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24
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Which protein is linked to frontotemporal dementia?

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Tau

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In particular cases, especially with young onset dementia, what procedure may be done to help with the diagnosis?

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Lumbar puncture to test for presence of proteins.

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26
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What form of dementia is the most common?

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Alzheimers.

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27
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In Alzheimer’s disease, there are usually amyloid ___ and neurofibrillary ___.

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Plaques
Tangles

28
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Are amyloid plaques extra or intracellular?

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Extracellular

29
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Are neurofibrillary tangles extra or intracellular?

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Intracellular

30
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What is vascular dementia caused by?

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Cerebrovascular disease

31
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What are the three subtypes of vascular dementia?

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Multi-infarct dementia (cortical vascular dementia)
Small vessel dementia (Subcortical vascular dementia)
Strategic infarct dementia

32
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What pathological changes are seen in multi-infarct dementia (cortical vascular dementia)?

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Multiple cortical infarcts.

33
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What pathological changes are seen in small vessel dementia (Subcortical vascular dementia)?

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Lacunes + extensive white matter lesions.

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What pathological changes are seen in strategic infarct dementia?

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Infarct in a strategic location (e.g. thalamus)

35
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Dementia occurs in 15-30% of people in three months following what type of event?

36
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Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia are caused by what?

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Lewy bodies in areas of the brain.

37
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In Parkinson’s disease, where are lewy bodies located?

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In the sub cortex.

38
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What is a Lewy body?

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Intracellular inclusions which consist of the protein a-synuclein.

39
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Where are Lewy bodies located in Dementia with Lewy bodies?

40
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Usually, a-secretase cleaves Amyloid Precursor Protein into non-amyloid products. What happens in Alzheimer’s disease instead?

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APP is cleaved by b and y secretase into b-amyloid.

41
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What are some common clinical features of Alzheimers?

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Amnesia (STM first, LTM later)
Loss of motor skills
Poor recognition of objects + faces
Speech disturbances
Behavioural + psychological disturbances

42
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Mutations in amyloid precursor protein and what two genes have been linked to young onset Alzheimer’s disease?

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PSEN-1
PSEN-2

43
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Which gene has been linked to late onset Alzheimer’s disease?

44
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What pathological features are common in Alzheimer’s disease on imaging?

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Global cortical atrophy + hippocampus atrophy.

45
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In which type of dementia are visual hallucinations common?

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Dementia with Lewy bodies.

46
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In which type of dementia are MRI/CT scans often normal?

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Dementia with Lewy bodies

47
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What sleep disorder is caused by dementia with Lewy bodies?

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REM sleep behaviour disorder - a lot of physical movement during REM sleep.

48
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What is frontotemporal dementia?

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Selective progressive atrophy involving the frontal or temporal lobes or both.

49
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Which three proteins are responsible for the different types of frontotemporal dementia?

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Phosophorylated Tau
TDP-43
Fused in sarcome protein (FUS)

50
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What is Pick’s disease?

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A type of FTD caused by Tau

51
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In FTD, at what age do symptoms typically present?

52
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What are common clinical features of FTD?

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Behavioural problems
Language difficulties

53
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Cognitive ____ therapy has been proven to improve cognition in dementia.

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Stimulation

54
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Which inhibitors blocking the breakdown of ACh can help symptoms in mild-mod Alzheimer’s disease?

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Cholinesterase inhibitors

55
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Memantine is used in mod-severe Alzheimer’s disease and blocks receptors to reduce what type of activity in the brain?

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Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity.

56
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Donepezil and Memantine are both used in what type of dementia?

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Alzheimer’s disease.

57
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Which drug is not licensed but is widely used for Dementia with Lewy bodies?

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Rivastigmine.

58
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What type of drugs can reduce impulsivity in frontotemporal dementia?

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Antidepressants.

59
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Young onset dementia is typically defined as before what age?

60
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A higher level of cognitive function reduces the risk of dementia, as the brain is more able to compensate for pathological changes. What is this concept called?

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Cognitive reserve.

61
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Does sudden onset cognitive impairment occur in delirium or dementia?

62
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Is impaired attention more common in delirium or dementia?

63
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Are fluctuations in cognition and awareness more common in delirium or dementia?

64
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In what type of dementia is a gradual decline in cognition, function and memory of recent events affected?

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Alzheimer’s disease.

65
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A gradual change in impulsivity and social disinhibition is common in which type of dementia?

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Frontotemporal.

66
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Are visual hallucinations more common in delirium or dementia?

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