NUR 660 Exam 4 Psych pharm
Alzheimer’s - answer memory deficit, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia
Dementia w/ Lewy bodies - answer Memory deficit, fluctuating attention, EPS,
psychosis
Frontotemporal dementia - answer memory deficit, speech/language disorders,
disinhibition, hyperorality
Huntington's disease - answer Memory deficit, executive dysfunction, chorea
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - answer memory deficit, ataxia, myoclonus, language
Alzheimer’s dx - answer amyloid/tau pathology
Alzheimers disease course - answer insidious onset and gradual progression
VaD course - answer presentation based on extent and location of CV event, step wise
decline
DLB and PaD (parkinsons), FTD(frontotemporal) course - answerinsidious onset and
gradual progression, like AD
vascular dementia disease cause - answercardiovascular or CV event
what sx for Lewy body dementia - answervisual hallucinations early on, cognitive sx with
motor sx. Rapid eye movements, sleep disturbances. 50% sensitive to antipsychotics.
Frontotemporal dementia sx - answerexecutive dysfunction, impaired social cognition/
lack of empathy, loss of words, speech finding, compulsive behavior, visual
hallucinations, EPS
Fronto temporal dementia ages - answer55-65 yo most common 3/4,
Pseudo dementia - answerdepression can look like dementia
Signs/sx of depression compared to alzheimers - answerno sun downing vs
sundowning
For alcohol detox use these meds - answerAtivan, valium, lithium
Alcohol has what transmitter - answerGABA
Alzheimer’s - answer memory deficit, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia
Dementia w/ Lewy bodies - answer Memory deficit, fluctuating attention, EPS,
psychosis
Frontotemporal dementia - answer memory deficit, speech/language disorders,
disinhibition, hyperorality
Huntington's disease - answer Memory deficit, executive dysfunction, chorea
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - answer memory deficit, ataxia, myoclonus, language
Alzheimer’s dx - answer amyloid/tau pathology
Alzheimers disease course - answer insidious onset and gradual progression
VaD course - answer presentation based on extent and location of CV event, step wise
decline
DLB and PaD (parkinsons), FTD(frontotemporal) course - answerinsidious onset and
gradual progression, like AD
vascular dementia disease cause - answercardiovascular or CV event
what sx for Lewy body dementia - answervisual hallucinations early on, cognitive sx with
motor sx. Rapid eye movements, sleep disturbances. 50% sensitive to antipsychotics.
Frontotemporal dementia sx - answerexecutive dysfunction, impaired social cognition/
lack of empathy, loss of words, speech finding, compulsive behavior, visual
hallucinations, EPS
Fronto temporal dementia ages - answer55-65 yo most common 3/4,
Pseudo dementia - answerdepression can look like dementia
Signs/sx of depression compared to alzheimers - answerno sun downing vs
sundowning
For alcohol detox use these meds - answerAtivan, valium, lithium
Alcohol has what transmitter - answerGABA
