Dementia Flashcards
1
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Cognitive impairment
- Definition
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Cognitive impairment
- Definition
- Disturbance of higher cortical functions
- memory, judgement, language
- perception, awareness - Single or multiple
- Static or progressive
2
Q
Dementia
- ICD 10
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Dementia
- ICD 10
- Cognitive impairment
- both memory and thinking - Impairs ADLs
- processing incoming information - Clear consciousness
- Present for >6 mo
3
Q
Delirium
- ICD10
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Delirium
- ICD10
- Impairment of cognition
- Attention and conscious disturbances
- Abnormal psychomotor behaviour
- Sleep-wake cycle disturbance - Usually active onset
- hours/days - Symptoms fluctuate during daytime
- worst at night
4
Q
Delirium
- Three subtypes
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Delirium
- Three subtypes
- Hyperactive
- restlessness/irritability, wandering
- carphologia, hallucinations/delusions - Hypoactive
- sleepy, inactive
- apathetic, unmotivated - Mixed
5
Q
Dementia
- Epidemiology
- % in acute hospital
- Life expectancy from time of diagnosis
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Dementia
- Epidemiology
- 10 years life expectancy from time of diagnosis
- 20% in acute hospital
6
Q
Dementia
- Most common dementias
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Dementia
- Most common dementias
- AD
- VaD
7
Q
Features of dementia
- Early
- Mid
- Late
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Features of dementia
- Early
- Memory
- Loss of interest
- Limited intrusion - Mid
- Language and executive function
- Behaviour
- Instrumental ADLs affected
- Awareness diverges from reality - Later
- Disorientation
- Agnosia/apathy
- Agitation/restlessness
- ADLs lost
8
Q
Dementia
- BPSD
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Dementia - BPSD
- Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Non-cognitive symptoms
- Challenging to manage
9
Q
BPSD
- Four main clusters
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BPSD
- Four main clusters
- Affective
- Apathetic
- Psychotic
- Hyperactive
10
Q
BPSD clusters
- Features
A
- Affective
- agitation, depression
- screaming, crying, hoarding - Apathetic
- Indifference, appetite - Psychotic
- Delusions and hallucination - Hyperactive
- Aggression, irritability
- Lability, wondering
- Disinhibition
11
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BPSD
- ABC Charting
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BPSD
- ABC Charting
- Antecedants
- Behaviour
- Consequences
12
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BPSD
- Management
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BPSD
- Management
- Treat precipitating illness
- Behavioural management
- quiet, distraction, music therapy, interests - Pharmacology
- Antipsychotics
- Caution with LB dementia
13
Q
Dementia
- Brain imaging
- Alzheimers
- Vascular
- FT
- LB
- EToH
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Dementia
- Brain imaging
- Alzheimers
- Volume loss
- Medial temporal lobe - Vascular
- infarcts, bleeds - FT
- FT atrophy - LB
- Nothing specific - EToH
- Age-disproportionate atrophy
- Cortical and white matter
14
Q
Dementia
- Mx
- Alzheimers
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Dementia
- Alzheimer’s Mx
- Supportive
- Cholinesterase
- Donepezil
- Rivastigmine
- Galantamine - Depression
- Sertraline/Citalopram
- Mirtazapine - Psychosis
- Risperidone/olanzapine
- Quetiapine/aripiprazole - Insomnia
- Trazodone
15
Q
Dementia mx
- Vascular
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Dementia mx
- Vascular
- Lifestyle
- Athersclerosis
- Aspirin +- dipyridamole
- Clopidogrel - Cardioembolic
- Warfarin
- DOAC - HTN/DM/Cholesterol
- Depression/agression