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Dementia Flashcards

1
Q

you can thank my 2nd glass of wine for this deck of cards

A

can’t go to bed until it’s finished so might as well be productive, holllaaaa

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what type of dementia makes up 50%

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alzheimer’s

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what happens in the brain with alzheimer’s

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senile plaques
amyloid depositions
neurofibrillary tangles

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what is vascular dementia

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a white matter disease caused by multiple or single infarcts

s/s same as alzheimer’s

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5
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who mostly gets frontotemporal dementia?

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men, from genetics

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what are the 3 types of frontotemporal dementia?

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huntington’s chorea
pick’s disease
progressive supranuclear palsy

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what are the s/s of huntington’s chorea?

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writhing
cognitive problems
bradykinesia @ 10y

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at what age does huntington’s chorea usually present

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35-45

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9
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how do you treat huntington’s chorea?

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dopamine blockers

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what test is done to dx pick’s disease and what do you see

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silver stain - you see pick bodies/intracellular inclusions

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how do you treat pick’s disease

A

you can’t :(

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12
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what does progressive supranuclear palsy look like

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parkinson’s disease

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13
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can you treat progressive supranuclear palsy?

what is the prognosis?

A

no

prognosis is 5-10y

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14
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there is also a thing called parkinson’s dementia

it is when you have parkinson’s and get dementia

A

OK MOVING ON

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intraneuron cytoplasmic inclusions that stain with PAS staining and may have a cholinergic effect + cause dementia

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lewy bodies

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16
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how do you treat lewy body dementia

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anti-cholinergics

17
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what type of dementia most likely causes gate ataxia and urinary incontinence?

A

normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)

18
Q

what do you see on MRI wiht NPH?

A

large ventricles

19
Q

how do you tx NPH?

A

a shunt

20
Q

what drug most commonly causes drug-induced dementia?

A

ETOH

as i happily drink my wine

21
Q

what deficiency can ETOH use lead to?

A

Vitamin deficiencies e.g. thiamin, B12

22
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what does thiamin def. lead to?

A

Wernicke’s encephalopathy

23
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what does B12 def. lead to?

A

spinal cord issues

24
Q

what is the last syndrome that can be caused by alcohol and includes the symptom of confabulation?

A

korsakoff’s syndrome

25
Q

what is the term for nicotinic acid def?

A

pellagra

26
Q

what type of dementia do boxers get?

A

dementia pugilistica

27
Q

what type of dementia can be caused by depression?

A

pseudodementia

28
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what are the 3 main drug classes used to treat dementia?

A

anti-acetylcholinesterase drugs
NMDA receptor antagonists
antipsychotics

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