NUR 2755 MDC 4 FINAL EXAM
- Alzheimer's Mild Stage
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-Forgets names; misplaces household items -Has short-term memory loss and difficulty recalling new information -Shows subtle changes in personality and behavior
- Alzheimer's Moderate Stage
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-Is disoriented to time, place, and event -Has difficulty driving and gets lost -Incontinent -Psychotic behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia -Episodes of wandering, trouble sleeping
- Alzheimer's Late Stage
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-Totally incapacitated; bedridden -Totally dependent in ADLs -Has agnosia -Hallucinations -Incontinence -Difficulty eating
- Apraxia 1 / 4
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Difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements
- Aphasia
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Inability to speak or understand language
- Anomia
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Inability to recall the names of everyday objects
- Agnosia
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Loss of sensory comprehension, including facial recognition
- Alzheimer's diagnostics
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-No laboratory test can confirm the diagnosis of AD
-Definitive diagnosis is made on the basis of brain tissue examination at autopsy, which confirms the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques
- Alzheimer's medications
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Cholinesterase inhibitors- Donepezil, galantamine
NMDA receptor antagonists- Memantine
- Parkinson's symptoms
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-Slow, shuffling, and propulsive gait
-RESTING tremors -Muscle rigidity -Bradykinesia/akinesia (loss of ability to move muscles voluntarily) -Mask Like face -Drooling -Postural instability
- Parkinson's diagnostics
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-Diagnosis typically made based on manifestations, their progression, and by ruling out other disease
-Analysis of CSF may show a decrease in dopamine levels
- Parkinson's medications
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Carbidopa/Levodopa (Sinemet)
- Parkinson's surgical interventions 3 / 4
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Stereotactic pallidotomy or thalamotomy
- Migraine triggers
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-Caffeine
-Red wine
-MSG -Foods high in tyramine (aged cheeses, cultured food like yogurt)
- Migraine abortive therapy
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Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, triptans, ergotamine derivatives
- Migraine preventative therapy
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Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, antiepileptics, Botox
- Migraine surgical treatment
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Trigeminal nerve resection
- Aura symptoms
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