Dementia in Clinical Practice: A Neurological Perspective Pragmatic Studies in the Cognitive Function Clinic /

• Main Author: Larner, A. J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurology .; Geriatrics.; Psychiatry.; Neurology.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This expanded, updated third edition summarizes the pragmatic diagnostic accuracy studies of neurological signs and cognitive and non-cognitive screening instruments undertaken in the author's clinic in the context of day-to-day practice involving patients with cognitive disorders including dem...

Table of Contents:

• Referral patterns
• A brief note on methodology: pragmatic diagnostic accuracy studies
• History and neurological examination
• Assessment with cognitive screening instruments
• Assessment with non-cognitive screening instruments
• Comparing and combining screening instruments
• Investigation
• Diagnosis (1): Cognitive syndromes, comorbidities, no diagnosis, and wrong diagnosis
• Diagnosis (2): Dementia disorders
• Management
• Conclusion.