Delirium/Dementia Flashcards

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Rapid onset 
Brief duration 
Loc impaired or fluctuates 
Short term memory impaired 
Speech maybe slurred, Rambling, pressured, irrelevant 
Thought process disorganized 
Visual, tactile hallucinations 
Mood anxious, fearful, weeping, irritable
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Delirium

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Onset gradual and insidious
Progressive deterioration
loc not effected
Short term memory impaired
Than long term memory impaired till eventually destroyed
Speech is normal in early stage than progressive aphasia in later stage
Perception often absent but can have paranoia, hallucinations, illusions
Mood is depressed and anxious in early stage
Kabila mood, restless paving angry outbursts in later stages

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Dementia

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Deterioration of language function

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aphasia

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Impaired ability to execute motor function despite intact motor abilities

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Apraxia

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Inability to recognize or name objects despite intact sensory abilities

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Agnosia

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Inability to think abstractly, plan, intimate, sequence, monitor and stop complex behavior

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Executive functioning

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Anesthesia 
Insulin
Anticholinergics 
Barbiturates 
Asa
Cardiac glycosides 
Benzo 
Narcotics 
Propranolol 
THIAZIDE diuretics 
Steroids
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Drugs causing delirium

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