Dementia Flashcards
The duration of this disorder is commonly brief.
Delirium
Pt. w/ this disorder uses confabulation to hide cognitive deficits.
Neurocognitive Disorder
Symptoms of this disorder may be confused w/ depression.
Neurocognitive Disorder
This disorder can be caused by a series of small strokes.
Neurocognitive Disorder
This disorder is commonly reversible.
Deliurim
This disorder can occur as the result of seizures.
Delirium
This disorder affects the level of awareness.
Delirium
This disorder’s reversibility occurs only in small percentages of cases.
Neurocognitive Disorder
Severe migraine headaches can lead to this condition.
Delirium
personality changes is common w/ this condition.
Neurocognitive Disorder
Illusions and hallucinations are common symptoms with this condition.
Delirium
Symptoms for this condition can occur as a result of alcohol withdrawal.
Delirium
Symptoms for this condition can occur as a result of cocaine intoxication.
Delirium
This condition can occur as a result of head trauma.
Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorder
Disturbance in memory is commonly the 1st symptom w/ this condition.
Neurocognitive Disorder
What is the term used to describe creating imaginary events to fill memory gaps in life?
Confabulation
What is the term used to describe a mental state characterized by a disturbance of cognition, which is manifested by confusion, excitement, disorientation, and a clouding of consciousness?
Delirium
The loss of social roles/autonomy, deaths of friends/relatives, declining health, increase in isolation, financial constraints, and a decrease in cognitive function are all what?
Psychosocial risk factors predisposing older people to mental disorders
True or false.
Neurocognitive disorders are curable?
False
Pharmacological, attention to environment, family support, and help maximize pt’s level of functioning is known as what?
Symptomatic treatment for people w/ neurocognitive disorders
True or False.
Neurocognitive disorders are a part of the normal aging process.
False
Which disorder develops rapidly?
Delirium
Name this disorder: difficulty sustaining/shifting attention, extreme distractibility, disorganized thinking, rambled/irrelevant/pressured/incoherent speech, impaired reasoning ability and goal directed behavior?
Delirium
What is the term used to describe a heightened awareness to environmental stimuli?
Hypervigilance
True or false.
UTI’s can cause a change in mental status.
True
Name this disorder: disorientation to time/place, impairment of recent memory, disturbance in level of consciousness, interrupted sleep-wake cycle, psychomotor activity, emotional instability?
Delirium
What is the term used to describe a clinically significant deficit in cognition or memory, representing a significant change from a previous level of functioning?
Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD)
True or false.
Allusions are thoughts and illusions are images.
True
What is the term used to describe the inability to speak or voice needs?
Aphasia
What is the term used to describe the inability to carry on motor functions despite motor function being intact, or clumsiness?
Apraxia
Name this disorder: tachycardia, sweating, flushed face, dilated pupils, elevated blood pressure, and usually begins abruptly unless an illness or metabolic imbalance is involved then it has a slower onset?
Delirium
How long does delirium usually last?
Up to a week, but no longer than a month