Delirium etiology and management US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Delirium etiology and management with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Delirium etiology and management Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: What drug should you avoid in delirium?_____
Answer: Benzodiazepines
Flashcard 2: Which psychiatric disorder, delirium or dementia, is characterized by decreased intellectual function without affecting level of consciousness? _____
Answer: Dementia
Flashcard 3: _____ (dementia or delirium) is usually secondary to other illness (e.g. CNS disease, infection, trauma, substance abuse/withdrawal, metabolic disturbances, hemorrhage, urinary/fecal retention)
Answer: Delirium
Flashcard 4: Which psychiatric disorder, delirium or dementia, is characterized by acute onset "waxing and waning" level of consciousness? _____
Answer: Delirium
Flashcard 5: _____ is defined as decreased cognitive ability, memory, or function with intact consciousness
Answer: Dementia
Flashcard 6: mammillary bodies
Answer: confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, confabulation, personality change, permanent anterograde and retrograde amnesia
Flashcard 7: frontal lobe
Answer: disinhibition; deficits in concentration, orientation, judgment; reemergence of primitive reflexes
Flashcard 8: conduction aphasia
Answer: damage to arcuate fasciculus of dominant hemisphere
Extra: fluent speech, intact comprehension, impaired repetition
Flashcard 9: aphasia
Answer: speech deficit due to high-order processing problem
Flashcard 10: long-term memory
Answer: limbic system
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