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Ebrown

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The nurse uses the CAGE challenge to alcoholics who persist in denial. What does the G in the set of questions from CAGE represent?
 
  a. Get: Do you feel like you must get alco-hol?
  b. Go: Do you go out to drink?
  c. Gone: Is memory of drinking episodes gone?
  d. Guilty: Do you feel guilty about your drinking?

Question 2

The nurse is aware that when Korsakoff syndrome is suspected from behavioral cues, the syndrome can be confirmed by which diagnostic test?
 
  a. Liver biopsy
  b. Brain scan
  c. Magnetic resonance imaging
  d. Spinal tap


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joneynes

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
A commonly used screening tool for alcohol abuse is the CAGE assessment. Two or more yes answers have a 90 correlation with an alcohol abuse problem. The G stands as a reminder for the question, Do you feel guilty about your drinking?

Answer to Question 2

B
The individual with Korsakoff syndrome has grossly impaired memory and gait disturbance. Confabulation (making up stories) frequently is seen as an attempt to communicate. A brain scan will show brain atrophy; currently there is no treatment to reverse the condition.


Ebrown

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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