Dementia / Delirium
Main distinction between dementia and delirium
What is onset of symptoms?
Medications that need to be held prior to cataract surgery
What are anticoagulants?
Symptoms include blurred vision and floaters
What is retinal detachment?
Type of physical therapy used for treatment of Meniere's disease?
What is vestibular rehab?
Length of time to wait between two different eye drops
What is 5-10 minutes?
Stroke, hematomas, and hemorrhages are all risk factors for this type of dementia
What is vascular dementia?
Risk factors for this vision problem include age, smoking, UV exposure, and eye trauma
What is cataracts?
This type of macular degeneration results from a breakdown in the outer portion of the retina and causes gradual loss of central vision
What is dry macular degeneration?
Triad of symptoms associated with Meniere's disease
What is vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss?
Medication used to treat vertigo associated with Meniere's disease
What is meclizine?
Build up of beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are characteristic of this disease
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Type of glaucoma that progresses gradually: patient may experience loss of peripheral vision, blurred vision, and halos around lights
What is primary open angle glaucoma?
Positioning after pneumatic retinopexy
What is keeping the head face down (prone positioning)?
Type of diet for Meniere's
What is a low-sodium diet?
What assessment is needed prior to the administration of Timolol eye drops?
What is heart rate?
Results from an increase in tau protein and TDP-43
What is frontotemportal dementia?
What surgery is done to improve aqueous humor outflow and minimize further visual field damage for glaucoma?
What is a laser trabeculoplasty or trabeculectomy?
Type of therapy used to treat macular degeneration by using a laser to eliminate abnormal blood vessels
What is photodynamic therapy?
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
Drugs that cause ototoxicity (name at least 2)
What are aspirin, loop diuretics, NSAIDs, chemo drugs, Aminoglycoside antibiotics?
Develops due to deposits of alpha-synuclein which blocks communication between neurons
What is Lewy-Body dementia?
Postoperative instructions given following cataract surgery (Name at least 4 teaching points)
Eyedrops: handwashing, 5-10 minutes between administration, how often to use. Activity restrictions: no lifting >10lbs, straining for BM, bending at waist, driving until vision is improved. Sunglasses outdoors. Normal: blurred vision, white/crusty drainage. Abnormal: sharp pain, bleeding, green/yellow discharge, swelling, decreased visison.
Postoperative care following retinal detachment: Name at least 4 things the patient must avoid after surgery
No contacts, vigorous exercise, lifting >10 lbs
No driving for 2 weeks, avoid sunlight (wear sunglasses outdoors)
Positioning: avoid upright position
Client education for tinnitus (name at least 3 interventions)
Drug classes for Alzheimer's disease
What are NMDA antagonists and cholinesterase inhibitors?