Causes of Dementia
- Intoxication or Medications
- Depression
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Metabolic Conditions
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Prion Disease
- Pick's Disease
- AIDS Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Multi-infarct (Vascular) Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment (Early Symptoms)
- Advanced Age
- Poor Judgment and Decision-Making
- Difficulty Having a Conversation
- Inability to Manage a Budget
- Losing Track of the Date or Season
- Misplacing Things
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment (Late Symptoms)
- Memory Impairment
- Wandering Behavior
- Confabulation
- Perseveration
- Lack of Abstract Thinking
- Severe Cognitive Decline
5 A's of Alzheimer's Disease
- Agnosia
- Anomia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Amnesia
Alzheimer's Disease Interventions
- PET Scan and CT
- Mini-Mental State Examination
- Drug Therapy
- Safe Environment
- Moderate Exercise
- Behavioral Modification
- Assistance with Functional Independence
- Assistance and Support for Caregiver
Parkinson's Disease Assessment
- Decreased Dopamine
- Older Adult
- Cogwheel Rigidity
- Bradykinesia
- Shuffling Gait
- Resting Tremor
- Pill-Rolling
- Mask-Like Face
- Cognitive Decline
Parkinson's Disease Interventions
- Levodopa/Carbidopa (Sinemet)
- Entacapone (Comtan)
- Selegiline (Eldepryl)
- Amantadine (Symmetrel)
- Bromocriptine (Parlodel)
- Benztropine (Cogentin)
- Allow Extra Time
- Ensure Patient Safety
- Surgery As Last Resort
Parkinson's Drugs
- Decreased Dopamine
- Increased Acetylcholine
- BALSA Acronym
- Bromocriptine
- Amantadine
- Levodopa
- Selegiline
- Antimuscarinics
Lewy Body Dementia
- Unknown Etiology
- Decreased Acetylcholine
- Alpha-synuclein Defect
- Eosinophilic Cytoplasmic Inclusion
- Visual Hallucinations
- Progressive Dementia
- Fluctuating Cognition
- REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
- Parkinsonism
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
Huntington's Disease
- Autosomal Dominant
- Trinucleotide Repeat
- CAG Repeats
- Chromosome 4
- Anticipation
- Caudate
- Decrease of ACh
- Decrease of GABA
- Chorea
- Dementia
- Depression
- Glutamate Toxicity
- Neuronal Death via NMDA Binding
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Elderly
- Idiopathic
- Decreased Absorption of CSF
- Ventricular Enlargement
- Urinary Incontinence
- Ataxia (Gait)
- Cognitive Dysfunction
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- Misfolded Prion Protein
- Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Sporadic Type
- Familial Type
- Variant Type
- Iatrogenic Type
- Rapidly Progressive
- Dementia
- Ataxia
- Myoclonus
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Increased Levels of 14-3-3 Protein
- Periodic Sharp Waves On EEG
- Supportive Care
Pick's Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia)
- Affects People Aged 45 to 65.
- Frontal and Temporal Lobes
- Occipital and Parietal Lobes are Spared
- Tauopathy
- Neuronal Apoptosis
- Dementia
- Personality Changes, Impaired Judgment, Apathy, and Disinhibition
- Behavioral Variant
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Diagnosis Based on Clinical Features and Imaging
- Supportive Care