Question 3 - Single Best Answer Mrs. Smith gets three to four digits at best when repeating numbers back to you. She does not seem to be paying attention and has to ask you the same question several times. Her alertness waxes and wanes. In the medical history, it is important to focus on possible problems that could cause a confusional state. Previous stroke with a history of hypertension.
Behavioral categories help in making a clinical differential diagnosis.
Two behavioral categories, cognitive impairment and amnestic impairment, help in making a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease. An acute confusional state. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and seizures. All of the above. Rigidity and abnormal gait.