NR 603 Week 1 Compare and Contrast Discussion; Dementia and Delirium
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| Institution | NR 603 Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice Across the Lifespan |
| Contributor | Sharonda |
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Introduction
Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder marked by restlessness, hallucination, attentional dysfunction, disturbed sleep habits, withdrawal from peers, slowed movement and thought dysfunction (Harrington & VarDi, 2014). On the other hand, Dementia is a condition associated with a decline in mental ability such as memory loss that could be bad enough to interfere with a person’s daily life. Dementia is caused by anatomic changes in the brain and is usually irreversible while Delirium is caused by acute illness and is often reversible……….continue
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References
Harrington, C. J., & VarDi, K. (2014). Delirium: presentation, epidemiology and diagnostic evaluation (part 1). RI Med J, 97(6), 18-23.
Johnson, J. C. (2018). Prevention and Management of Perioperative Delirium. In Fractures in the Elderly (pp. 101-112). Humana Press, Cham.
Fong, T.G., Davis, D., Growdon, M. E., Albuquerque, A., & Inouye, S. K. (2015). The interface between delirium and dementia in elderly adults. The Lancet Neurology, 14(8), 823-832.
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| Term | Fall Semester |
| Institution | NR 603 Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice Across the Lifespan |
| Contributor | Sharonda |
