Neuro-Geriatrics A Clinical Manual /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tousi, Babak (Editor), Cummings, Jeffrey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Geriatrics.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This manual takes a multidisciplinary approach to neurological disorders in the elderly. Comprehensive and practical, it includes the most recent diagnostic criteria and immediately accessible visual care paths including the latest pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Covering a range...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Memory and cognitive decline/ Aging Brain
• Approach to Neurological disorder in the elderly (Neurology Exam and Mental status exam)
• Mild cognitive impairment and Prodromal AD
• Alzheimer’s dementia
• Parkinson’s disease
• Non-PD parkinsonism
• Dementia with Lewy bodies
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy/ Traumatic brain injury
• TIA and stroke
• Vascular dementia
• Prion disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Epilepsy
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus
• Neuropsychiatric disorders
• Tremor
• Muscle Weakness (Myasthenia Gravis, Inclusion body myositis)
• ALS and Guillain Barre
• Sleep disorders
• Sarcoepnia and Frailty
• Neurological Gait Disorder
• Neuropsychological testing
• Caregiver care
• Driving ability in the elderly
• Neuropsychiatric management
• Rehabilitation.