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Dementia
Joseph Quinn (Edited by), JF Quinn (Author)
9780470674246, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 3 January 2014
192 pages
24.4 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.308 kg
"This is an excellent overview of the differential diagnosis and treatment of patients with dementia. It provides practical tips to guide clinicians through the initial diagnosis, current treatment options, and long-term complexities of caring for patients with cognitive decline. The information is presented in a clinically relevant and concise manner. With further advances in neuroimaging, disease markers, and, hopefully, treatment options, more books like this will be needed to provide clinicians with up-to-date reviews of current practice guidelines." (Doody's, 13 February 2015) "The tone is practical, not academic, with authors offering assistance on what might be done and what should be avoided." (European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging, 2015)
Dementia is a devastating diagnosis for patients Dementia comes in many forms that can be hard to differentiate. Arriving at an accurate diagnosis without subjecting an already wary patient to unnecessary tests requires clinical acumen. Identifying the correct dementia, and determining a probable prognosis, allows agreement on appropriate management and care with patients and their carers. Dementia provides a progressive approach to help you identify and manage the many forms of this complex and devastating disease. Dr Quinn has assembled a team of expert neurologists and gerontologists to provide the foundation knowledge you need to develop the clinical wisdom for effective dementia care. Dementia clearly explains the diagnosis, investigations and management for Clinical in approach, practical in execution, Dementia helps you diagnose and treat your patients more effectively.
But how much testing is needed? What do the tests tell you? What management options are available?
Contributors vii Series Foreword ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Dementia 1 Chapter 2 Rapidly Progressive Dementia and its Mimics 15 Chapter 3 Young Onset Dementia: How Much Diagnostic Testing is Enough? 35 Chapter 4 An Approach to the Problem of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 55 Chapter 5 Depression: Cause or Complication of Cognitive Decline? 67 Chapter 6 Mild Cognitive Impairment 77 Chapter 7 After the Diagnosis: Continuing Neurological Care of the Outpatient with Dementia 97 Chapter 8 Using Psychotropic Medications to Manage Problem Behaviors in Dementia 111 Chapter 9 Palliative Care in Advanced Dementias 121 Chapter 10 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Dementia 137 Chapter 11 Assessing Outcomes in Dementia Care 151 Chapter 12 Primary Prevention of Dementia 163 Index 171
Richard Camicioli
Amy May Lin Quek and Andrew McKeon
Anahita Adeli and Keith A. Josephs
Norman Relkin
David Mansoor, Sahana Misra, and Linda Ganzini
Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein, Clinton Wright, Elizabeth Crocco, and Daniel Varon
Anne M. Lipton
Lucy Y. Wang and Murray A. Raskind
Ira Byock and Cory Ingram
Amy Y. Tsou and Jason Karlawish
Joel Mack, Amie Peterson, and Joseph Quinn
Joseph Quinn
Subject Areas: Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]
