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The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
not one specific disease ... is Alzheimer's disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Types #Subtypes #Classification ... #Geriatrics
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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Clinical Frailty Scale ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
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disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... MRI, iADL scale, ... Differential #Subtypes #Classification ... #Geriatrics #Workup
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
on severity of disease ... (required for diagnosis ... visuospatial function Core ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
must have a FAST Scale ... #FAST #Stage #Score ... #Alzheimers #Dementia ... Test #Hospice #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Palliative
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... effusion, or z scores ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki ... #Disease #Incomplete
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Clinical Frailty Score ... have no active disease ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... Clinical #Frailty #Scale ... #Score #CFS #Rockwood
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Recurrent Falls Core ... - Meniere’s disease ... Examples: - Dementia ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... Differential #Evaluation #Geriatrics