Dementia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Quinn, Joseph

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. But how much testing is needed? What do the tests tell you? What management options are available? 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 * Normal pressure hydrocephalus * Mild cognitive impairment * Alzheimer's disease * Vascular dementia * Dementia with Lewy bodies * Fronto-temporal dementia Clinical in approach, practical in execution, Dementia helps you diagnose and treat your patients more effectively.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118656228
• Artikelnr.: 39906563

Autorenporträt

Joseph Quinn, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University Dr. Quinn has served as a neurologist clinician in the Oregon Alzheimer's Disease Center since 1994 and has served as Director of the Genetics and Biomarkers Core since 2007. Dr. Quinn's overall research focus is on developing strategies for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Specific research projects range from animal studies testing experimental agents, up to large national multi-center clinical trials of experimental drugs for dementing illnesses. The translation of ideas from the laboratory to the clinic is a particular interest, which is served in part by the Biomarkers core of the Oregon Alzheimer's Center. The Biomarkers Core helps develop blood tests and other disease markers for use in "proof of concept" clinical trials which are necessary to move treatment ideas from animal models to human subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors vii Series Foreword ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Diagnosis and
Differential Diagnosis of Dementia 1 Richard Camicioli Chapter 2 Rapidly
Progressive Dementia and its Mimics 15 Amy May Lin Quek and Andrew McKeon
Chapter 3 Young Onset Dementia: How Much Diagnostic Testing is Enough? 35
Anahita Adeli and Keith A. Josephs Chapter 4 An Approach to the Problem of
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 55 Norman Relkin Chapter 5 Depression: Cause
or Complication of Cognitive Decline? 67 David Mansoor, Sahana Misra, and
Linda Ganzini Chapter 6 Mild Cognitive Impairment 77 Ranjan Duara, David A.
Loewenstein, Clinton Wright, Elizabeth Crocco, and Daniel Varon Chapter 7
After the Diagnosis: Continuing Neurological Care of the Outpatient with
Dementia 97 Anne M. Lipton Chapter 8 Using Psychotropic Medications to
Manage Problem Behaviors in Dementia 111 Lucy Y. Wang and Murray A. Raskind
Chapter 9 Palliative Care in Advanced Dementias 121 Ira Byock and Cory
Ingram Chapter 10 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Dementia 137 Amy Y.
Tsou and Jason Karlawish Chapter 11 Assessing Outcomes in Dementia Care 151
Joel Mack, Amie Peterson, and Joseph Quinn Chapter 12 Primary Prevention of
Dementia 163 Joseph Quinn Index 171