Darius Was in Intensive Care with No Visitors After a Routine

question 132

Multiple Choice

Darius was in intensive care with no visitors after a routine appendectomy. Everything was sterile, white, and boring. Darius began to hallucinate. The most likely diagnosis for Darius would be _____.

• A) anterograde amnesia
• B) ICU psychosis
• C) depletion syndrome delirium
• D) dementia

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Definitions:

Medications

Substances used to treat or prevent disease, alleviate symptoms, or modify physiological processes for beneficial purposes.

Systolic Contraction

The phase of the heart cycle during which the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.

Brachial

Pertaining to the arm, specifically the area of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Rectal Temperature

A measurement of body temperature taken from the rectum, which provides a core reading that is closely aligned with the body's true temperature.