Overview Prematurity is defined as birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation Classification of prematurity Gestational age Prematurity 32 – 37 weeks Late preterm 28 – 32 weeks Very preterm < 28 weeks Extremely preterm Predisposing Factors Clinical Presentation Gestational…
Can I tell you a secret? During my junior clerkship, * my stethoscope was always stuffed into my lab coat pocket, out of sight. I never, not ever, wore it around my neck when I was in the ward. I…
Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-V Organisation of Sleep Brain wave patterns Stages of Sleep Neurochemicals involved in sleep Relationship between depression and sleep Sleep Changes with Age Insomnia (initiation Phase) Insomnia is characterised by an inability or difficulty initiating sleep…
DSM-V Criteria Criteria for major neurocognitive disorder Criteria for mild neurocognitive disorder Overview Acute or insidious onset of disturbance in various cognitive and executive functions and/or in memory (amnesia). Important to distinguish delirium from dementia first, then determine the cause…
Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-V Impulse control vs OCD Impulses are egosyntonic, Compulsions are egodystonic Impulse control disorders Overview of impulse control disorder Disorder Impulse Kleptomania Stealing Trichotillomania Hair-pulling (may include eating hair) Pyromania Setting things on fire Intermittent explosive…
Changes DSM-IV to DSM-V Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Characterized by unwanted, intrusive, unreasonable egodystonic urges (obsessions) that create sx of anxiety, and are resolved with a compulsion that relieves the symptoms. In other words, the patient has urges that create…