Does this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementia

Alzheimer disease follows a pattern of gradual cognitive, behavioral, and functional decline. Other causes of dementia have overlapping presentations, but with important differences. Most patients with mild to moderate dementia should be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors to temporarily stabiliz...

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Published inCleveland Clinic journal of medicine Vol. 70; no. 9; p. 762
Main Author Barbara J Messinger-Rapport
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2003
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Aging
Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis
Alzheimer Disease - drug therapy
Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology
Cholinesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Cognition Disorders - physiopathology
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dopamine Agents - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Memantine - therapeutic use
Prognosis
Psychometrics
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Summary:Alzheimer disease follows a pattern of gradual cognitive, behavioral, and functional decline. Other causes of dementia have overlapping presentations, but with important differences. Most patients with mild to moderate dementia should be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors to temporarily stabilize symptoms and delay clinically important end points. Memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, may soon be available to treat moderate to severe dementia.
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ISSN:0891-1150
1939-2869
DOI:10.3949/ccjm.70.9.762