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Acute or rapid onset cognitive disorder with reversible symptoms Delirium
Q: Chronic, progressive cognitive decline with poor prognosis Dementia
Q: Cognitive disorder common in both young and old Delirium
Q: Cognitive disorder mostly affecting elderly patients Dementia
Q: Condition characterized by clouded sensorium Delirium
Q: Condition with clear sensorium but impaired memory Dementia
Q: Dementia characterized by senile plaques and decreased acetylcholine Alzheimer’s disease
Inability to speak Aphasia
Q: Inability to name objects Anomia
Q: Inability to recognize familiar objects Agnosia
Q: Inability to perform learned purposeful movements Apraxia
Q: Memory loss Amnesia
Q: Inability to recognize faces, objects, or words Visual agnosia
Q: Inability to recognize sounds Auditory agnosia
Q: Inability to identify objects through touch Somatosensory agnosia
Q: Loss of past or remote memories Retrograde amnesia
Q: Inability to form new memories Anterograde amnesia
Q: Complete memory loss Global amnesia
Q: Memory loss commonly seen in alcoholic patients Short-term amnesia
Q: Increased confusion and agitation during evening Sundown syndrome
Q: Wandering, hallucinations, and insomnia at night in elderly patients Sundown syndrome
Q: Early stage with short-term memory loss Forgetfulness phase
Q: Stage with difficulty recalling past events Advanced phase
Q: Final stage leading to death within about a year Terminal phase
Q: Cholinesterase inhibitor used once daily with low hepatotoxicity Donepezil (Aricept)
Q: Older cholinesterase inhibitor for Alzheimer’s disease Tacrine (Cognex)
Q: Priority nursing diagnosis in dementia Altered thought processes
Q: Primary nursing need for dementia patients Reorientation
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