memory Flashcards
what is anterograde amnesia
difficulty in remembering new events
what is retrograde amnesia
difficulty remember old information before illness
what standard test is used to diagnose dementia
addenbrooks cognitive assessment
what questionnaire can be used for a collateral history
Short IQCODE
if you re a GP what tests should be done before referring someone to psychiatry
TFT’s
what is agnosia
difficulty recognising objects, faces, voices or places
what lobe of brain primarily affected in Alzheimers
medial temporal or temperoparietal
lobe affected in picks disease
frontotemporal
how long must Parkinsonism be present alongside dementia to be classed as Lewy body
less than a year any longer and it is Parkinson’s with assoc dementia
what imagine done in dementia and what age group get what scans
CT standard if >80y/o then clinical diagnosis
MRI if young, fast progress or atypical
what scan is done in levy body dementia
DAT scan
what drug class is used in the management od dementia
cholinesterase inhibitors
how do they cholinesterase inhibitors work
block acetycholinesteras enzyme therefore increasing synaptic ACh
when should cholinesterase inhibitors not be used
in peptic ulcers or severe asthma/ COPD
examples of cholinesterase inhibitors and when used
alzheimers- donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine
DLB/DPD- rivastigmine , donepezil
