QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED RESPONSES
FULL SOLUTION
⩥ memory fo delirium.
Answer: recent and immeadiate impaired
⩥ delirium thinking.
Answer: disorganized, distorted, fragmented, incoherent speech, either
slow or accelerated
⩥ delirium perception.
Answer: distorted, illusions, delusions, and hallucinations, difficulty
distinguishing between reality and misperceptions
⩥ psychomotor behavior of delirium.
Answer: variable, hypokinetic, hyperkinetic and mixed
⩥ sleep awake cycle of delirium.
Answer: disturbed cycle reversed
⩥ dementia progression.
,Answer: slow but uneven
⩥ duration of dementia.
Answer: months to years
⩥ awareness of dementia.
Answer: clear
⩥ alertness of dementia.
Answer: generally normal
⩥ attention of dementia.
Answer: normal
⩥ orientation of dementia.
Answer: altered
⩥ memory of dementia.
Answer: recent and remote impaired
⩥ dementia thinking.
,Answer: difficulty with abstraction, thoughts impoverished judgement
impaired, words hard to find
⩥ Dementia Perception.
Answer: misperceptions usually absent
⩥ dementia psychomotor behavior.
Answer: normal may have apraxia
⩥ sleep wake cycle of dementia.
Answer: fragmented
⩥ arrythmia.
Answer: Abnormal heart rhythm
⩥ atherosclerosis.
Answer: hardening and narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup in
vessel walls
⩥ homans' sign.
Answer: pain when the affected leg is dorsiflexed, usually associated
with deeo phlebitis of the leg
, ⩥ hypertension.
Answer: consistent bp reading of > 140 systolic and > diastolic
⩥ Physical deconditioning.
Answer: decline in cardiovascular function due to physical inactivity
⩥ postural hypotension (orthosatitic).
Answer: decline in systolic bp of 20mm Hg or more after rising and
standing for 1 minute
⩥ cardio aging.
Answer: heart valves increase in thickness and rigidity due to sclerosis,
and fibrosis.
the aorta becomes dilated
a slight ventricular hypertrophy develops
thickening of the left ventricular wall
muscle less efficient and loses contractile strength
reduction in cardiac output
more time for the cycle of diastolic filling and systolic emptying
calcification and reduced elasticity of vessels
⩥ cardiovascular health promotion.