Dementia & Delirium - Chapter 12
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| Can delirium and dementia occur at any age? | Yes
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| Causes of Delirium | Infections, fevers, metabolic disorders, medications, neurological diseases, Increased ICP
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| Delirium is... | an acute confusional state & a fluctuating mental state
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| Dementia is... | chronic and progressive, usually alert and aware
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| Causes of Dementia | Degenerative disease of the brain, multiple strokes, or chronic infection
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| Lab Tests for Delirium | electrolytes, CBC, toxicology, liver funtion, blood and urine culture
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| Diagnostic Tests for Delirium | ECG, EEG, CT/MRI, Lumbar Puncture
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| Tx of Delirium | General supportive measures & tx of underlying conditions
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| Dx of Dementia | r/o anything that is treatable
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| Dementia causes a gradual decline of | memory, language and higher executive functions
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| Alzheimer Disease | Alzheimer's disease causes brain changes that gradually get worse. It's the most common cause of dementia — a group of brain disorders that cause progressive loss of intellectual and social skills, severe enough to interfere with day-to-day life.
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| Huntington Disease | A hereditary disease that typically appears in midlife, marked by gradual loss of brain function and voluntary movement. Results in dementia
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| Parkinsonism | a neurologic disorder characterized by tremor, muscle rigidity, hypokinesia, a slow shuffling gait, and difficulty in chewing, swallowing, and speaking and caused by various lesions in the extrapyramidal motor system. Not thought to be genetic.
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| Lewy Body Disease | Build up of plaques in the brain due to increased cholesterol
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| Pick Disease | a form of dementia that may occur in middle age. This disorder mainly affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain and characteristically produces slow disintegration of intellect, personality, and emotions and degeneration of cognitive abilities.
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