Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Affecting Multiple Domains • Depression • Delirium Decline in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living • Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment • Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Subcortical Dementia - Treatable Causes • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus • Chronic Meningitis • Chronic Drug Abuse • Tumor • Subdural Hematoma • B12 deficiency • Hypothyroidism • Hypoglycemia Subcortical Dementia - Early Extrapyramidal Features • Parkinson's Disease with Dementia • Huntington's Disease Subcortical Dementia - Rapidly Progressive • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease • Paraneoplastic disorder Cortical Dementias: • Early Language and Behavioral Dysfunction - Fronto-temporal Dementia • Abrupt Onset, Stepwise Progression - Vascular Dementia • Early Impairment of Recent Memory - Alzheimer's Dementia • Early Extrapyramidal Features -Dementia with Lewy Bodies #CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
