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piesebel

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Ian suddenly became incoherent at 3 a.m. yesterday. He was agitated and unable to focus his attention and did not know where he was when taken to the hospital. After two days, the cocaine was out of his system and his cognitive functioning returned to normal. What form of neurocognitive disorder did he display?
 
  a. none; he was experiencing withdrawal
  b. minor neurocognitive disorder
 c. delirium
 d. traumatic brain injury

Question 2

Episodes of delirium are common with the ill and the elderly because ____.
 
  a. they are likely to develop delirium with medical illness or surgical procedures
 b. their immune systems are compromised and are likely to develop delirium with infection
  c. they are susceptible to inflammation of tissues surrounding the brain that cause delirium
  d. their skeletal structure deteriorates, which causes loss in cognitive functioning



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a




piesebel

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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