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Question 1

Folic acid deficiency is associated with excessive alcohol intake and malnutrition.

Answer 1

Folate B vitamin (vitamin B9)

Question 2

Acute decline in mental status and is temporary. Common causes are fever, shock, drugs, alcohol, and dehydration.

Answer 2

Delirium

Question 3

Disease involves a permanent change to the brain that causes short-term memory loss, agnosia, apraxia, and aphasia.

Answer 3

Alzheimer’s

Question 4

Characterized by loss of the ability to execute or carry out learned purposeful movements despite the desire and the physical ability to perform the movements.

Answer 4

Apraxia

Question 5

includes detecting disease at an early stage to halt or slow its progress. All screening tests and lab tests (e.g., mammography, Pap smears)

Answer 5

Secondary prevention

Question 6

One the most common tools used to assess for dementia.

Answer 6

Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam