dimentia

Question 1

What is the main difference btwn dimentia and delerium?

Answer 1

dimentia will have a slow progressive onset, while delerium is an acute disorder

Question 2

Delerium is caused by what?

Answer 2

acute confusion from a stimuli like alcohol, medications, or withdrawal.

Question 3

What is the best way to diagnose mental status changes?

Answer 3

MRI.

Question 4

What are you looking for on MRI when there are mental status changes?

Answer 4

atrophy of the brain globally or focally. It can suggest particular neurodegenerative processes.

Question 5

What is the second most common degenerative dimentia?

Answer 5

diffuse lewy body disease

Question 6

How long does it take the core features parkinsonism and dimentia to show up in lewy body?

Answer 6

within 1 year

Question 7

WHat symptoms are involved in diffuse lewy body disease?

Answer 7

fluctuating level of consciousness, hallucinations visual, extreme sensitivity to neuroleptics