Cognitive Loss - Confusion/ Memory Loss (DDX)
Dementia
Infection
Deficiency
Electrolyte imbalance/ metabolic derangement
Degenerative
Neoplasia
Drugs/ Alcohol
- Alzheimer's (loss of executive fucntion, progressive decline)
- Vascular (step-wise decline, ? hx CVA)
- Lewy Body (Parkinson's)
- Frontotemporal (CJD)
- Depression
- Delirium (fluctuating consciousness)
Infection
- Meningitis
- Encephalitis
- CJD
- Syphilis
Deficiency
- Vit B1, 3, 9, 12, Fe
Electrolyte imbalance/ metabolic derangement
Degenerative
- MS, Huntington's, Parkinson's
Neoplasia
Drugs/ Alcohol