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MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
#Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #Montreal ... MSE #Evaluation #Score
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
Weight loss in the Elderly ... - Dementia ... #WeightLoss #Elderly ... Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.

#MMSE #Mini
Examination (MMSE) Score ... Examination #diagnosis #dementia ... #neurology #geriatrics
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... #Examination #Score
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Precipitants in the Elderly ... organ disease (ie dementia ... #Precipitants #Elderly ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Lewy Body Dementia ... Findings Lewy Body Dementia ... Dementia should ... visuospatial function Core ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
Hidden anticholinergics in elderly patients: What, where and how?

Antihistamines - 1st generation: chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine
Antidepressants
anticholinergics in elderly ... #pharmacology #elderly ... #geriatrics #dementia
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
atrophy Lewy body dementia ... (parkinsonian signs ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... Workup #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... Scale #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis #signs