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The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... for orientation, memory ... and executive functions ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Score #Assessment
Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.

#MMSE #Mini
Mini-Mental Status Examination ... (MMSE) Score one ... Mental #Status #Examination ... #diagnosis #dementia ... #neurology #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 ... into changes in function ... #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
#FAST #Stage #Score ... #Alzheimers #Dementia ... #Functional #Assessment ... Test #Hospice #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Palliative
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
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disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis ... MRI, iADL scale, ... assessment Alzheimer ... impaired executive functions ... #Geriatrics #Workup
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
Mental Status Examination ... registration Q6: Memory ... extrapolation #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #Assessment #Score
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
particularly affecting memory ... and visuospatial function ... Core features: ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis
Neurological Disorders and the Creative Process
Behavior:
 • Obsession and repetition: Frontotemporal Dementia/ Corticobasal degeneration
 • Functional
Frontotemporal Dementia ... degeneration • Functional ... loss: Alzheimer's ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology