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Delirium - <<<Answers>>>Impaired cognition,
consciousness or mood as well as behavioral
dysfunction of acute onset
serious illness, injury, pre-existing cognitive decline,
mood swings, feelings of suspicion or fear
Delirium tremens - <<<Answers>>>The brains
response to withdrawal from excessive alcohol
consumption
recent alcohol cessation, history of alcohol abuse,
visual/auditory/tactile hallucinations
Depression - <<<Answers>>>A common psychiatric
disorder associated with a neurochemical imbalance.
Feelings of helplessness/hopelessness, recurrent
suicidal thoughts, extreme sadness/anxiety/agitation,
insomnia or excessive sleep, lack of interest in
previously pleasurable activities, changes in appetite,
sleep patterns, constipation, HA, fatigue
,MSN 610 NKU MODULE 3 (2024-2025) QUESTION
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Objective signs of ADHD - <<<Answers>>>-onset
before age 7
-increased motor activity
-difficulty organizing tasks
-difficulty sustaining attention
-poor school performance
-low self-esteem
-problems in more than one setting
Objective signs of autism - <<<Answers>>>-impaired
social interactions
-impaired language, delayed or underdeveloped
-odd intonation to speech, pronoun reversal, nonsensical
rhyming
-impaired symbolic and imaginative play
-Lacks awareness of others
-cognitive impairment
-macrocephaly apparent by age 1
Overall signs of dementia - <<<Answers>>>-slow,
sluggish speech
-memory impairment
, MSN 610 NKU MODULE 3 (2024-2025) QUESTION
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-impaired use of language
-impaired social functioning
-inability to perform ADLs
Alzheimer's disease - <<<Answers>>>Caused by
abnormal processing or deposition of amyloid
Objective signs include failure to identify odors
Vascular dementia - <<<Answers>>>Caused by
conditions that lead to decreased blood flow t the brain
(acute/recurrent stroke, cerebral hemorrhage from
HTN)
Objective signs include deterioration of cognitive
function with plateaus and occasional episodes of
improvement
Other dementias - <<<Answers>>>associated with
diffuse Lewy bodies in the brain (Parkinson disease,
frontal lobe degeneration)
3 sutures in an infants skull - <<<Answers>>>sagittal