Lewy body dementia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Family Medicine EOR Neurology Exam Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Q: What is delirium? Answer: Acute, abrupt transient confused state due to an identifiable cause Q: Prognosis of delirium Answer: Full recovery within 1 week in most cases Q: What is vascular dementia Answer: Dementia caused by chronic ischemia & multiple infarctions Q: A sudden decline in functions with a stepwise progression of symptoms is what ty...

PATHOLOGY HIGH YIELD NBME ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND REVIEWED ANSWERS 2023/2024 Anticentromere antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Scleroderma (CREST) Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering) Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonehpritis and hemoptysis) Antihistone antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide) Anti-IgG antibodies - CORRE...

NR 507 Week 7 Assignment: CNS: Sensory and Motor Disorders (E-dapt Content) Dementia Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder that is considered a progressive disease that is associated with impai red cortical function. It is an all-encompassing term. Note the diagram of the brain below that demonstrates the effect of dementia on the cerebral cortex that demonstrates severe cortical shrinking: Dementia is not a stand-alone disease, but rather, a group of symptoms caused by an underlying conditio...

1-1.2, 0.5-0.8 correct answers serum level target (mmol/L) for Lithium in Adults and Elderly thyroid, renal correct answers Which 2 parameters should be monitored at least Q6months for patients taking Lithium? lithium correct answers which drug used for bipolar requires the patient to have a stable salt and caffeine intake? induce correct answers carbamazepine effect on CYP enzymes (induce/inhibit) Lewy body correct answers psychosis due to _________ dementia is worsened by use of an...

1-1.2, 0.5-0.8 serum level target (mmol/L) for Lithium in Adults and Elderly thyroid, renal Which 2 parameters should be monitored at least Q6months for patients taking Lithium? lithium which drug used for bipolar requires the patient to have a stable salt and caffeine intake? induce carbamazepine effect on CYP enzymes (induce/inhibit) Lewy body psychosis due to _________ dementia is worsened by use of antipsychotics rivastigmine which acetycholinesterase...

Dementia correct answer: not a specific disease, not part of normal aging Alzheimer's disease correct answer: most common cause of progressive, irreversible dementia Cortical Dementia correct answer: Alzheimer's Disease, Pick's Disease, Primary progressive aphasia Subcortical Dementia correct answer: Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's disease mixed dementias correct answer: vascular dementia, lewy body dementia Cause ofAD correct answer: neuropathological changes Neur...

USMLE Step 3 High Yield Facts questions and answers 2023What is the genetic inheritance pattern of Hemophilia A? X-linked recessive: women born to fathers with X linked recessive disorder will be carriers. Males are 50% carriers if born to an affected mother. What is tx of Lewy body dementia? Dopamine agonist therapy (PD) & AchE inhibitors (Alzeihmer's) - watch for dopamine agonist therapy causing complex visual hallucinations. A patient treated for LTBI and now has positive PPD...

Neurologic System (NCCPA outline) (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. What is the genetic basis of Huntington disease? Answer: Expansion of the *c*ytosine- *a*denine- *g*uanine trinucleotide repeats in the HTT gene think: you *HUNT* and animals go in a *CAG*e 2. PE will show pain in V2 and V3 distributions, not V1 Answer: Trigeminal Neuralgia(Tic douloureux) 3. CT scan of someone with Huntington will reveal Answer: cerebral and caudate nucleus atrophy ...

Final Exam: FNP654/ FNP 654: Family Primary Care II Exam | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade (New 2024/ 2025 Update) - GCU QUESTION A young male patient is reported to be more withdrawn from his peers than usual and has dropped out of college and quit his job within the last 5 months. The parent is concerned that the patient may have schizophrenia because a maternal uncle has the disease. What will the provider do next? Answer: Ask about the patient's spe...

What is the genetic inheritance pattern of Hemophilia A? - correct answer X-linked recessive: women born to fathers with X linked recessive disorder will be carriers. Males are 50% carriers if born to an affected mother. What is tx of Lewy body dementia? - correct answer Dopamine agonist therapy (PD) & AchE inhibitors (Alzeihmer's) - watch for dopamine agonist therapy causing complex visual hallucinations. A patient treated for LTBI and now has positive PPD. Asymptomatic and also has ...