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NURO 670 Final - Eval Of Mental Status Exam Latest Update
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NURO 670 Final - Eval Of MentalStatus Exam Latest Update
confusion - definition - Answer loss of intellectual ability in areas of:
memory, concentration, attention, orientation, comprehension, interpretation
delirium - definition - Answer ACUTE onset - attention deficit, fluctuating course,
disorganized thinking, AMS
delirium risk factors? - Answer elderly - post op - most common complication
drugs - 40% contributing risk factor
most common in hospitalized pts.
dementia - definition (DSM IV) - Answer SLOW decline over time. impairment of memory
and: handling complex tasks, reasoning ability, spatial ability/orientation, impaired
language
types of dementia - Answer vascular dementia
dementia w/ lewy bodies
parkinson's dementia
mini mental status exam - process - Answer - what is the date?
- where are we?
- name 3 objects (say them later)
- spell WORLD backwards or serial 7s to 100
- ask 3 objects
- pencil and wristwatch
- repeat "no ifs ands or buts"
- follow 3 stage command
- read and follow "close your eyes"
- ask pt to write a sentence
- ask pt to copy design
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