Delirium, Dementia, Depression Flashcards
Order of Loss of Orientation (Person Place Time)
1st—time; 2nd—place; last— person
Inability to remember things that occurred before a CNS insult
Retrograde amnesia
Inability to remember things that occurred after a CNS insult (acquisition of new memory)
Anterograde amnesia
Alcoholic male who makes things up?
Korsakoff syndrome
Amnesia (anterograde)
Caused by vitamin B1 deficiency and associated destruction of mammillary bodies.
Inability to recall important personal information, usually subsequent to severe trauma or stress.
Dissociative amnesia
Onset, Consciousness, Course, Prognosis and Memory of a patient with Delirium
Onset: Acute Consciousness: Impaired and Fluctuating Course: Fluctuating Prognosis: Reversible Memory: Global Impairment
Onset, Consciousness, Course, Prognosis and Memory of a patient with Dementia
Onset: Slow Consciousness: Intact Course: Progressive Prognosis: Irreversible Memory: Only Remember Old Stuff
Onset, Consciousness, Course, Prognosis of a patient with Depression
Onset: Slow
Consciousness: Intact
Course: Episodic
Prognosis: Reversible
A patient who starts to have altered mental status with abnormal EEG
Delirium
A Female who is depressed for 12 months, cannot sleep, has a loss of interest, a change in appetite/weight changes and suicidal ideations
Major Depressive Disorders
In Major Depressive Disorder, you have changes in?
Decreased Slow-wave sleep, REM Latency
Increased REM early in sleep cycle and increased total REM sleep
Persistent Depressive disorder
Depression for >2 years
A female patient who responds well to positive events, and heavy feeling in arms and legs
Atypical Depression
A female patient who experiences depressed affect, tearfulness, and fatigue starting 2–3 days after delivery
Maternal Postpartum Blues
