Transient global amnesia, depersonalization

Question 1

transient global amnesia is defined as:

how long does it last?

Answer 1

transient loss of memory due to recent events and difficulty retaining new information (anterograde memory)

lasts <24 hrs (usually 1-10 hrs)

Question 2

presentation of transient global amnesia

Answer 2

pts are disoriented to time or place. Anxious and upset and may ask questions about where they are and why there are there.

They have self awareness, language and motor and social skills which are preserved and neuro exam is normal.

Question 3

what causes transient global amnesia

Answer 3

stress, exertion, changes in body temperature and valsalva maneuver and recent procedures.

Question 4

risk factors for transient global amnesia

Answer 4

history of migraines and age>50 yrs

Question 5

initial management of transient global amnesia

Answer 5

focus on excluding other diagnoses like toxic metabolic encephalopathy, stroke and seizures.

Question 6

reoccurrence rate of transient global amnesia

Answer 6

doesn’t happen and so there’s no treatment or driving restriction needed.

Question 7

Depersonalization-derealization disorder is marked by:

Answer 7

detachment of oneself to one’s surrounding rather than memory loss

Dissociative amnesia presents as a loss of autobiographical memory.

Question 8

difficulty gaining new information and making new memories

Answer 8

anterograde amnesia

Question 9

difficulty recalling past events

Answer 9

retrograde amnesia.

Question 10

disassociative amnesia

Answer 10

inability to recall autobiographical information about oneself.