Dementia/congenital impairment Flashcards
What is dementia?
Global impairment of cognitive function and personality without impairment of consciousness
When is dementia consider early onset?
Before the age of 65
How long do symptoms of dementia have to be present for a diagnosis of dementia to be made?
6 months
What is the most common cause of dementia?
Alzheimer’s disease
What drugs may be used to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease?
ACh inhibitors
What drugs can cause a Parkinsonian reaction in Lewy Body dementia?
Antipsychotics
Name the dementia
Uneven or stepwise deterioration in cognitive function
Vascular
Name the dementia
Spontaneous motor signs of Parkinson’s (rigidity/ bradykinesia/ tremor)
Lewy body
Name the dementia
Evidence of CVD/ stroke
Vascular dementia
Name the dementia
Early decline in social and personal conduct ( disinhibition/ tactless)
Frontotemporal (picks)
Name the dementia
Decreased speech output, echolalia, perseveration, mutism
Front temporal
Gradual onset with cognitive decline, other dementia are excluded
Alzheimer’s
Transient disturbances of consciousness with recurrent visual hallucinations
Lewy body
What is agnosia?
Can’t name objects
What are the main differences between delerium and dementia?
Delerium is an acute onset with a fluctuating progression and there is impaired consciousness where in dementia there is no impaired consciousness
Also I delerium there is perceptual disturbance and impaired sleepwalker cylcle - not so much in dementia
What is a perceptual disturbance?
Misinterpretation
Illusion
Hallucination
A scale between the 3
What variable are tested in a cognitive function test?
Orientatation Attention and concentration Memory Language Construction
What is a catastrophic reaction?
Reaction to a test where patient may get upset and refuse to go on with the test
What is the prevalence if dementia?
What is the prevalence in those over 90?
1 in 85
35%
What is the life expectancy of someone with Alzheimer’s?
5-8 years
What is pseudo dementia?
When you have really severe depression that starts to cause dementia
What is nominal dysphasia?
Can describe object but not name it
How severe is the dementia that is sufficient to interfer with ADLs but can still live independently?
Mild
Define the 4 ICD symptoms of dementia
Decline in memory
Decline in cognitive functions (judgement, thinking, planning)
Decline in emotional control/ behaviour
Damage to higher cortical functions (aphasia, agnosia, apraxia)
Name some other causes of deme tail other than the obvious 4
CJD Huntingtons HIV Parkinson's Alcohol Vit B12 def