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MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
Montreal Cognitive Assessment ... #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment ... #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation
The Febrile Child - some diagnostic clues to evaluating the febrile child.

#Febrile #Fever #Evaluation #Assessment #Signs
Febrile Child - some diagnostic ... clues to evaluating ... Febrile #Fever #Evaluation ... #Assessment #Signs ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , seizures) 3) Assessment ... , liver, renal disease ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
symptoms that are caused ... not one specific disease ... is Alzheimer's disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Geriatrics
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... Depression - Disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Causes
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis ... neuropsychological assessment ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - 2nd cause after ... #Geriatrics #Workup
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Alzheimer's (99% of cases ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis #signs
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
+ Etiological Assessment ... for etiological assessment ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... inhibitors under evaluation
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... : Diagnosis * ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
with Alzheimer’s disease ... to Alzheimer’s Disease ... Score #Alzheimers #Dementia ... #Functional #Assessment ... Test #Hospice #Diagnosis