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DEMENCIAS EN EL NIO
DR. JOS JESS COLN PREZ
NEUROLGO PEDIATRA
DIPLOMADO EN TDAH
HISTORY
The evolution of the science of cognition has
its beginning in Philosophy. Aristotle (BC 384-
322) in his Logic and Psychology and
Philosophy of Mind portrays cognitive
domains pertaining to memory, perception,
and mental imagery.
COGNITION
The term Cognition has its origin from the Latin
word cognosco(con 'with'; gnsc 'know), and
means 'to conceptualize' or 'to recognize'.
It refers to the mental processes (thinking,
learning, remembering, abstraction, judgment,
problem solving, language, imagination,
perception, planning, execution) involved in
acquiring knowledge and awareness about self
and environment.
EL CEREBRO EN DECLIVE
DEFINITION
Dementia in childhood
Involves the progressive loss of already
attained developmental skills.
This usually reduces the childs subsequent
developmental trajectory and generally, but
not always, leads to death.
The condition is not explicable in terms of
acute drug toxicity or the other causes of
delirium.
Delirium Aetiology
Hypoxia
Hypoglycaemia
Systemic infection
CNS infection
Polypharmacy, especially with anticholinergics,
anticonvulsants, and psychotropics
Substance abuse or withdrawal
Accidental and non-accidental overdose
Medicationssteroids, anticholinergics, lithium, all
neurotropics and psychotropics, and anticholinesterases
Inflammation
Radiation
Raised or fluctuating intracranial pressures
CNS trauma
Mitochondrial disorder
High
EPIDEMIOLOGY
The incidence is unknown but
likely to be between 5 and 15 per
100 000.
AETIOLOGY