MDC4 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

What is the most common type of dementia? Correct Answer Alzheimer's disease Is Alzheimer's reversible? Correct Answer No What is the etiology of Alzheimer's? Correct Answer Unknown Alzheimer's is the result of? Correct Answer changes in personality, memory, and/or judgement What are risk factors for Alzheimer's? Correct Answer * 65+ years * female * head injury * APOE gene what is the patho of Alzheimer's Correct Answer plaques, tangles, degeneration of neurons How is Alzheimer's diagnosed? Correct Answer biopsy at autopsy is the only definitive way but dementia can be ruled out with CT, labs, UA, and MRI Early s/s of Alzheimer's Disease Correct Answer - decreased short term memory - decreased sense of smell - misplaced items Middle s/s of Alzheimer's Disease Correct Answer - wander - agitated - incontinent - money issues late s/s of Alzheimer's disease Correct Answer - bed ridden - agnosia (inability to recognize objects, people, or sounds) Medications used for Alzheimer's Correct Answer Cholinesterase inhibitors - slow breakdown of Ach - Donepezil and Rivastigimine NMDA receptor antagonists - block excess amounts of glutamate - Memantine