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delirium
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-transient, reversible global dysfunction in cerebral metabolism
-acute confusional state -ICU psychosis -sundowning |
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etiology of delirium?
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-W = withdrawal
-H = hypoxemia, hypoglycemia -I = intracranial bleeding or infection -M = meningitis -P = poisons |
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dementia
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-insidious onset of multiple cognitive deficits and personality and behavioral changes
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what are the etiologies for primary and secondary dementia?
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-primary = no cause
-secondary = is cause like hypothyroidism or vascular disease |
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amnestic disorder
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-cant learn new info or remember old info
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transient global amnesia
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-sudden loss of memory of recent events and the transitory inability to recall new info
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what are some etiologies of transient global amnesia?
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-transient vascular insufficiency of temporal lobe
-tumor -cardiac arrhythmias -migraines |
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korsakoffs syndrome
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-amnesia due to thiamine deficiency
-associated with poor nutritional habits of alcoholics -associated with wernickes encephalopathy |
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alzheimers demetia
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-primary cortical
-insidious onset -has stages -memory deficit |
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frontotemporal dementia
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-primary cortical
-atrophy in frontotemporal regions -neuronal loss -irreversible |
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vascular dementia
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-cerebrovascular disease
-memory impairment -aphasia -agnosia -apraxia |
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dementia due to creutzfeldt jakob disease
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-prion caused
-involuntary movement -burst pattern on EEG -lethargy/fatigue |
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dementia due to parkinsons
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-secondary subcortical
-slow movements and thinking -depression common |
