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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
Adjusted mortality risk and number-needed-to-harm directly comparing the study psychotropic medications compared to antidepressant users

Antipsychotics, Other
Adjusted mortality risk ... Patients With Dementia ... NNTH #NNH #NNK #EBM ... atypical #mortality #geriatrics ... #dementia
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
listed with a score ... may increase the risk ... increase in the risk ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics ... Medications #List #Pharmacology
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
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Assessment - APGAR Score ... Apgar score is based ... Apgar scores < 7 ... there is increased risk ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
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
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
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Baseline risk factors ... organ disease (ie dementia ... Precipitants #Elderly #Geriatrics
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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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
Clinical Findings Risk ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics