| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Why Diagnose and Treat Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia? -- Evaluating the Patient With Memory Loss or Dementia -- Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia -- Alzheimer’s Disease -- Primary Age-Related Tauopathy -- Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy -- Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Vascular Dementia -- Dementia With Lewy Bodie -- Primary Progressive Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech -- Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia -- Posterior Cortical Atrophy -- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy -- Corticobasal Degeneration and Corticobasal Syndrome -- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus -- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy -- Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease -- Other Disorders That Cause Memory Loss or Dementia -- Goals for the Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Memantine -- Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Antiinflammatories -- Nonpharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Future Treatments of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia -- Caring for and Educating the Caregiver -- Nonpharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia -- Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia -- Life Adjustments for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Legal and Financial Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Special Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data for Evaluating Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Screening for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia -- Memory Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Causes of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia |
| Summary |
With a focus on the practical, day-to-day tools needed by neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly, Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, 3rd Edition, is an indispensable, easy-to-read resource in this growing area. Clinical experts Drs. Andrew Budson and Paul Solomon cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations and laboratory and imaging studies for dementia and related illnesses, giving you the guidance you need to make accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence. Provides in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest research findings and treatment approaches. Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions. Contains new chapters on Alzheimer's look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy. Covers key topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy. Includes current National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as the new tau scans. Includes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed on April 21, 2021) |
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Memory disorders.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Dementia.
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Dementia -- Diagnosis
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Older people.
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Dementia -- diagnosis
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Dementia -- therapy
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Memory Disorders -- diagnosis
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Memory Disorders -- therapy
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Alzheimer Disease -- diagnosis
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Alzheimer Disease -- therapy
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Aged
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Alzheimer Disease
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Dementia
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Aged, 80 and over
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elderly.
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Older people
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Alzheimer's disease
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Dementia
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Dementia -- Diagnosis
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Memory disorders
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Solomon, Paul R., author.
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| ISBN |
9780323795456 |
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0323795455 |
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9780323795449 |
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0323795447 |
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