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| Possible cause of confusion can be | Dehydration |
| Difficulty writing an drawing | Agraphia |
| Difference of delirium and dementia | Onset/ activity/ duration/ speech&language/ time of day/ mood&affect/ cognitive impairment/ delusions or hallucinations |
| How to diagnosing dementia | Medical history, exam, functional assessment and characteristics changes in thinking & behavior can help diagnosis |
| Most common cause of dementia | Alzheimers |
| Diagnosing Alzheimer | Neurological exam mental staus test brain imaging MRI/CT/PET |
| Loss of cortical neurons | Etiology/pathophysiology: Alzheimer |
| Enlarged ventricles | Etiology/pathophysiology: Alzheimer |
| Senile plaques (deposits of protein fragments that build up in between nerve cells | Etiology/pathophysiology: Alzheimer |
| Elevated levels of homocysteine(amino acids) places individuals at an increase risk. | Etiology/pathophysiology: Alzheimer |
| Second most cause of dementia | Multiinfarct dementia or vascular dementia |
| -for dementia pt what kind of intervention are important what do you do | No cludder/ quite/ calm |
| -what are symptoms of early stage of Alzheimer's | Mild forgetfulness |
| -what symptoms of middle stage of Alzheimer's | Difficultness/ object recognition |
| -what symptoms of late stage of Alzheimer's | Envcotten/inability to communicate/ lose self care |
| What kind of dementia commonly results with hypertension | Multi infart des (MID) |
| -what are the pathopysology for Alzheimer's what happens to brain | Conical neron, senil plax, neuron tangles |
| -if your pt has dementia what kind of things are u gonna do as a nurse with the pt, how do you provide plan of care | Speak calmly, late terms, short senescences, slow speech, give them same daily routine |
| -what kind of dementia is a virus, rare, rapidly progressive, terminal within 6-12 months, no treatment | Jacob deases |
| -delirium is | Short term |
| -Chronic is | Long term |
| -dementia is | Long term |
| -another name for something dementia | Vascular dementia |
| -how to confirm someone has Alzheimer's | Atrophy, biopsy |
| -cause of delirium | Fever, dehydration, electrolytes, pain meds |
| -what are characteristics of delirium | Reversible |
| UTI symptoms | Burning, cloudy iron, odor, urge to pee |