BPSD: Pharmacologic Treatment Options
About the Lecture
The lecture BPSD: Pharmacologic Treatment Options by Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C is from the course Management of Neurocognitive Conditions in the Older Adult (release in progress).
Included Quiz Questions
An 85-year-old patient with Alzheimer's dementia reports seeing strangers in his room but remains calm and undisturbed by their presence. What is the most appropriate management approach?
- Continue monitoring without initiating antipsychotic medication
- Start low-dose quetiapine at bedtime
- Initiate brexpiprazole immediately
- Begin haloperidol therapy
- Start risperidone and schedule weekly follow-up
Which antipsychotic medication would be most appropriate for a patient with dementia who has Lewy body disease?
- Brexpiprazole
- Olanzapine
- Risperidone
- Haloperidol
- Quetiapine plus levodopa
A patient with Alzheimer's dementia has been started on quetiapine for significant agitation. Which monitoring parameter is most important during the first week of treatment?
- Evaluate for improvement in target behaviors and presence of sedation or hypotension
- Check HbA1c levels weekly
- Perform monthly EKG monitoring
- Schedule ophthalmology consultation immediately
- Obtain baseline liver function tests
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Author of lecture BPSD: Pharmacologic Treatment Options
Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C
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