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Altered cognitive states are common diagnoses as? - Correct Answer delirium or dementia depending on the onset, duration, contributing factors, response to intervention, and progression. It is possible to have both dementia and delirium at the same time.
delirium - Correct Answer an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech and that usually gets resolved when the underlying problem is corrected. Examples of factors that may cause delirium in the older adult are infection, fever, and drug effects.
The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) - Correct Answer is published by the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM-5 provides guidelines for the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders.
Neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) - Correct Answer Include delirium, as well as major NCDs, mild in NCDs, and their subtypes based on cause. NCDs exist along a continuum from mild to moderate depending on the severity of impairment.
Each of the neurocognitive disorders affects one or more domains of cognitive function. - Correct Answer These domains are complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor function, and social cognition.
Complex attention disorders - Correct Answer Complex attention disorders result in difficulty staying on task and sorting through multiple stimuli.
Executive function - Correct Answer allows people to plan, make decisions, carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore a person with impaired executive function has difficulty with multitasking and carrying out multiple steps.
cognitive impairment - Correct Answer loss of ability to think logically; concentration and
memory are affected.
altered cognition - Correct Answer Physiologic factor that frequently hinders effective communication. These onsets are commonly diagnosed as delirium or dementia depending on the onset, duration, contributing factors, response to interventions, and progression.
altered mental function - Correct Answer develops suddenly or gradually depending on the underlying pathology. dementia - Correct Answer a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes. Major NCD.
factors that may cause delirium - Correct Answer fever, infection, and drug effects.
neurocognitive disorders - Correct Answer acquired (not lifelong) disorders marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzheimer's disease, brain injury or disease, or substance abuse. In older adults, neurocognitive disorders were formerly called dementia.
Affects one ore more domains of cognitive function. These domains are complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor function, and social cognition.
executive function - Correct Answer allows people to plan, make decisions, carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore, a person with impaired executive function has difficulty with multitasking caring out multiple steps.
perceptual-motor disorders - Correct Answer Can affect the ability to perform usual activities, such as driving a car.
social cognition - Correct Answer the processes by which people come to understand others. Is concerned with recognizing emotions. They may have personality changes and become insensitive to the feeling of others. These disturbances can be mild or major.
altered cognitive states. - Correct Answer Are commonly diagnosed as delirium or dementia depending on the onset, duration, contributing factors, response to intervention, and progression.
examples of factors that may cause delirium in the older adult are? - Correct Answer Infection, fever, and drug effects.
complex attention - Correct Answer disorders result in difficulty staying on task and sorting through multiple stimuli.
learning and memory - Correct Answer May affect short term and long term memory, which can affect all aspects of functioning. A person might forget appointments, leave food on a hot stove, be unable to dress or shop, or become lost.
Language disorders - Correct Answer Can affect the ability to understand or use words.
Perceptual-motor dirsorders - Correct Answer can affect the ability to perform usual activities, such as driving a car. Various defects in vision may be present. S