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NUR 660 Exam 4 Psych Pharm Questions and Answers
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NUR 660 Exam 4 Psych PharmQuestions and Answers
Alzehimers - 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
alzehimers 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 - Answer-insidious onset and
gradual progression, like AD
vascular dementia disease cause - Answer-cardiovascular or CV event
what sx for Lewy body dementia - Answer-visual hallucinations early on, cognitive sx
with motor sx. Rapid eye movements, sleep disturbances. 50% sensitive to
antipsychotics.
Frontotemporal dementia sx - Answer-executive dysfunction, impaired social cognition/
lack of empathy, loss of words, speech finding, compulsive behavior, visual
hallucinations, EPS
Fronto temporal dementia ages - Answer-55-65 yo most common 3/4,
Pseudo dementia - Answer-depression can look like dementia
Signs/sx of depression compared to alzheimers - Answer-no sun downing vs
sundowning
For alcohol detox use these meds - Answer-Ativan, valium, lithium
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