Question 1

sudden drop in executive function from 90% to 25% (age matched) over six months period while memory and processing speed remain 90+%, along with episodes of semantic paraphasia, olfactory hallucination, and transient altered mental status/confusion?

Accepted Answer

: These symptoms are beyond simple cognitive screening and warrant going directly for cognitive loss function administered best by a mental health professional. However, it's mandatory that you also be evaluated to rule out depression, certain medications ,deficiency states &amp;,toxicity as causes of your symptoms. A complete medical &amp; neurological checkup with pertinent testing should be done as well

Question 2

what does altered mental status mean?

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AMS: It means that you have an alteration of consciousness and waxing and waning between being clear and confused.

Question 3

what does it mean if i have altered mental status?

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Altered mental state: Altered mental status means that someone thinks your mind and behavior are significantly different than your usual way of being. Common causes are extreme fatigue, medications, alcohol, drugs, toxins, nervous system infections, shock, blood stream infections, diabetes crises, severe low sodium or high glucose, low oxygen, kidney failure, etc. Often you would not be aware of these changes.

Question 4

what are the signs of altered mental status 2 shock?

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Confusion/Lethargy: Several types of shock: cardiogenic, septic, hypovolemic etc.  Patients with any of these will be treated in the ICU and are treated diffirently depending on the type.  These patients have decreased awareness may hallucinate, aggitated and pulling lines out etc. They can be on and off to with signs such as deliuium, decreased cognition. Many different symptoms depending on the nature of the shock.

Question 5

what are the most common symptoms of altered mental status?

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Symptom...: Altered mental status is a symptom....It can be caused by many problems ranging from a simple urinary tract infection to a stroke.  Altered mental status should always be treated as an emergency and be evaluated by a physician asap.

Question 6

what test should all patients with a altered mental status have?

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Mental Status Exams: As i mentioned earlier, the basic domains of a person's mental state include: appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perceptions, cognition, insight, and judgment. These vital signs of a person's mental status are typically assessed during a mental status evaluation. Other domains may also be assessed, and specific tests may be done when needed.

Question 7

teaching plan for patient with altered mental status?

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Don't understand: The question?  There are really no teaching plans for altered mental status. You need to figure out the cause and treat it if possible.

Question 8

frequent urination and altered mental status are signs of what conditions?

Accepted Answer

Many things: See your md as soon as possible and have further evaluation. It can be from many condition- but it could be serious. Altered mental status can happen as the result of dehydration that can be caused by increase urination; however it also could be caused by low serum sodium, diabetes, high serum calcium, infection etc also have to be ruled out.  You should not delay any more-see your md.

Question 9

why does my doctor say that he couldn't get my bp even with manual reading? what is the range of manual sphygmomanometer? if my bp was really that low w/altered mental status, will that cause any long term damage to my brain?

Accepted Answer

: If you were conscious &amp; breathing, then he should have been able to obtain a manual blood pressure. That is just human error. Without knowing the full details of what happened to you in that situation, it is impossible to predict your long term prognosis.

Question 10

recurrent episodes of altered mental status with confusion, disorientation, or sudden loss of bladder and bowel control, limb numbness/tremor; each time hypotensive, tachycardia, hypokalemia. last 1-2hrs before returning to baseline. what could it be?

Accepted Answer

: This needs immediate evaluation and cannot be speculated upon. Pl see a neurologist ASAP good luck

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Sudden drop in executive function from 90% to 25% (age matched) over six months period while memory and processing speed remain 90+%, along with episodes of semantic paraphasia, olfactory hallucination, and transient altered mental status/confusion?

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What does altered mental status mean?

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What does it mean if i have altered mental status?

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What are the signs of altered mental status 2 shock?

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What are the most common symptoms of altered mental status?

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What test should all patients with a altered mental status have?

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Teaching plan for patient with altered mental status?

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Frequent urination and altered mental status are signs of what conditions?

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Why does my doctor say that he couldn't get my bp even with manual reading? what is the range of manual sphygmomanometer? if my bp was really that low w/altered mental status, will that cause any long term damage to my brain?

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Recurrent episodes of altered mental status with confusion, disorientation, or sudden loss of bladder and bowel control, limb numbness/tremor; each time hypotensive, tachycardia, hypokalemia. last 1-2hrs before returning to baseline. what could it be?

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