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Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Delirium Precipitants ... I think of delirium ... organ disease (ie dementia ... Precipitants #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Delirium Causes: PInCH ME Mnemonic

- Jon Carter @learnedjon

#Delirium #Causes #PInCHME #Mnemonic #Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Delirium Causes: ... learnedjon #Delirium ... PInCHME #Mnemonic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Week 8 – Delirium in the elderly
 - Strata5 @Nrtaylor101

#Delirium #SMASHED #Mnemonic #Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Elderly
Week 8 – Delirium ... Nrtaylor101 #Delirium ... SMASHED #Mnemonic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Delirium Contributors - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Dr. Satya Patel @SatyaPatelMD

#Delirium #Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #diagnosis #Encephalopathy
Delirium Contributors ... - Differential ... SatyaPatelMD #Delirium ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
The Dementia Umbrella ... Dementia is ... Dementia affects ... #Differential # ... Classification #Geriatrics
Adjusted mortality risk and number-needed-to-harm directly comparing the study psychotropic medications compared to antidepressant users

Antipsychotics, Other
study psychotropic medications ... Patients With Dementia ... atypical #mortality #geriatrics ... #dementia
Hidden anticholinergics in elderly patients: What, where and how?

Antihistamines - 1st generation: chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine
Antidepressants
anticholinergics #medications ... #pharmacology # ... elderly #geriatrics ... #dementia #diagnosis
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... #Elderly #Ds #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Medication Protocol for Management of Delirium in Older Adults - Always start low and go slow
Olanzapine
Medication Protocol ... Management of Delirium ... #Medications #Protocol ... #Geriatrics #Treatment ... #Pharmacology #
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... #Differential # ... Workup #Diagnosis #Geriatrics