Vascular dementia characteristic | PGI based MCQs

Vascular dementia is characterized by:

A. Disorientation
B. Memory deficit
C. Emotional liability
D. Visual hallucination
E. Personality Deterioration

The Answer is. A. Disorientation, B. Memory deficit, C. Emotional liability, E. Personality Deterioration

-       Vascular dementia is diagnosed by following features in addition to general features of dementia

-       Development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by both.

-       Memory impairment

-       One or more of following cognitive disturbances- aphasia, apraxia, Agnosia disturbances in executive functioning.

-       Significant impairment in social or occupational functioning.

-       Focal neurological signs and symptoms.

-       Neurological deficit doesnot occur exclusively in the course of delirium.