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To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
Sub-stage 6d: Urinary incontinence ... Sub-stage 6e: Fecal incontinence ... Score #Alzheimers #Dementia ... #Functional #Assessment
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
Fecal Incontinence ... Complications Continence ... sphincter impairment Continence ... (e.g. stroke, dementia ... #Fecal #stool #Incontinence
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
Montreal Cognitive Assessment ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia ... Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... Impairment Subcortical Dementia ... disorder Cortical Dementias ... Fronto-temporal Dementia ... - Alzheimer's Dementia
Types of Urinary Diversion Procedures
Ileal Conduit:
 • Technically simpler, fewer complications, and well understood. No bladder
No nocturnal, incontinence ... hernias), Urinary incontinence ... near-normal urinary continence ... No nocturnal incontinence ... Nocturnal incontinence
Types of Urinary Incontinence:
Stress Incontinence
Urge Incontinence (Overactive Bladder Syndrome)
Overflow Incontinence
Reflex Incontinence
Mixed Incontinence

#Diagnosis #Urinary #Incontinence #Types #Comparison
Types of Urinary Incontinence ... : Stress Incontinence ... Urge Incontinence ... Reflex Incontinence ... Mixed Incontinence
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia ... Examination #Score #Assessment
Lego Pain Assessment Tool

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Lego #VisualAnalog #PainScale #VAS #Asssement
Lego Pain Assessment ... PainScale #VAS #Asssement
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neuropsychological assessment ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... TerrierBen #MNCD #Dementia
Hidden anticholinergics in elderly patients: What, where and how?

Antihistamines - 1st generation: chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine
Antidepressants
Antimuscarinics - Urinary incontinence ... elderly #geriatrics #dementia