Mental Status Exam Flashcards

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Mental status exam

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  • Attention and orientation
  • Language
  • Memory
  • Visuospatial function
  • Executive functions
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Testing attention and orientation

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Being affected here influenes all other test
Observe the patient’s alertness
Spelling a word backwards
Counting backwards from 20
Auditory vigilance
Where do you live, what date it is

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