A Case Report of Delirium and Cognitive Decline Caused by Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Soeumin Alzheimer Patient (소음인 알츠하이머 환자의 외상성 지주막하 출혈로 인한 섬망과 인지저하 치험 1례)

Gyung-Hun Park (박경훈); Kim Jong Won (김종원); JEON SOO HYUNG (전수형)

doi:10.7730/JSCM.2019.31.4.57

A Case Report of Delirium and Cognitive Decline Caused by Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Soeumin Alzheimer Patient

Journal of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
Abbr : JSCIM
2019, 31(4), pp.57~64
DOI : 10.7730/JSCM.2019.31.4.57
Publisher : The Society of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine
Received : December 9, 2019
Accepted : December 20, 2019
Published : December 31, 2019

Gyung-Hun Park ¹, Kim Jong Won ², JEON SOO HYUNG ²

¹동의병원
²동의대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives This study is to investigate the effect of sasang constitutional medicine on the delirium and cognitive decline caused by traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in a soeumin alzheimer patient Methods We have treated a 79-year-old Soeumin patient mainly with Doksampalmul-tang. She was already suffering from Alzheimer's disease. After traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, there were symptoms of delirium and cognitive decline. The degree of improvement was checked by K-MMSE and K-MOCA scores. Results The K-MMSE score improved from 0 to 11 and the K-MOCA score from 0 to 3. Conclusions Sasang constitutional medicine has been effective in the treatment of delirium and cognitive decline caused by traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.

KEYWORDS

Delirium, Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Alzheimer, K-MMSE, K-MOCA

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