Delirium vs Dementia Flashcards
a) Onset of delirium is _____ b) and often happens at ______.
c) Onset of dementia is _____.
a) acute,
b) night
c) insidious
a) Delirium lasts ____ to ____.
b) Dementia can last upto _____ or _____.
a) hours to weeks
b) months or years
a) Levels of awareness in delirium tend to be _____.
b) Levels of awareness in demetia tend to be _____.
a) reduced
b) clear
a) Alertness in delirium tends to be _______ or _____.
b) Alertness in dementia tends to be ___________.
a) abnormally low or high
b) normal
a) Levels of attention in delirium tend to be _______ and cause ______. Over the course of the day, this ______.
b) Levels of attention in dementia are _________.
a) impaired;
distractibility;
fluctuates
b) relatively unaffected
Orientation in delirium is (a) _____, with a tendency to (b) ____ unfamiliar (c) ____ and (d)_____.
a) usually impaired for a time
b) mistake
c) places
d) people
In delirium, short term working memory is (a) _______.
In dementia, short term working memory is (b)______ in the (c)_____.
a) always impaired
b) normal
c) early stages
In delirium, episodic memory is (a)______.
In dementia, episodic memory is (b)____.
a) impaired
b) impaired
In delirium, thinking is (a)______ and (b)______.
In dementia, thinking is (c)_______.
a) disorganized
b) dillusional
c) impoverished
Perception in delirium involves (a)______ and (b)______ which are usually (c)_____ and (d)______.
Perception in dementia is (e)____ in the (f)_____ stages and (g)_____ later.
a) illusion
b) hallucination
c) visual
d) common
e) absent
f) earlier stages
g) common
In delirium, speech is (a) _______, (b)______, (c)_____ or _____.
In dementia, (d) ___ are common in speech.
a) incoherent
b) hesitant
c) slow or rapid
d) word finding difficulties
The sleep-wake cycle in delirium is (a) ___________.
The sleep-wake cycle in dementia is (b) _________.
(a) always disrupted
(b) usually normal
