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Dementia Dementia-1047878 - Coggle Diagram
Dementia
Definition
It is a syndrome characterized by alterations in higher cognitive functioning.
Rehabilitation
Patients should be referred to speech therapy
Support the patient and loved ones
Pathophysiology
loss of nerve cells
Which lead to no information passed to brain
etiology
Traumatic brain injury
long term alcohol use
Certain types of hydrocephalus
Vascular disorders
Infections of the central nervous system
Degenerative neurological disordes
Risk factors
Genetics
Alcohol abuse
Age
Atherosclerosis
Cholesterol
Diabetes
Plasma homocysteine
Clinical manifestations
Difficulty communicating
Difficulty reasoning or problem solving
Memory loss
Difficulty handling difficult tasks
Difficulty in planning and organising
Difficulty in visual and spatial activity
Wandering
Diagnostic test
Blood tests like complete blood count
Liver enzymes levels
CSF proteins
Nursing management
Allow patient to have familiar objects around them
Psychiatric interview
Frequent orient patients to reality
Medical intervention
Dietary measures
Medical activity
Experimental therapies
Evaluation
The patient should be able to differentiate reality and non-reality based thinking
Chronic confusion
due to alteration in function of brain tissue
