Alzheimer's disease resident survival guide

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

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Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

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Common Causes

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Diagnosis

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of amnesia according to the the American Academy of Neurology guidelines:

Patient with amnesia

Acute onset

Chronic onset

Measure vitamin B12, and folate, and TSH

Abnormal?

Yes

Vitamin deficiency, hypothyroidism

Fluctuating course, inattention, disorganized thinking, or altered level of consciousness?

Positive for SIGE CAPS questionary?

Yes

Depression

Yes

No

Severe disimpairment in social functioning?

No

Normal aging

Delirium

Dementia

Take history and perform physical examination

Take history and perform physical examination

History of head trauma?

Yes

No

Concussion, post-concussive amnesia

Measure urine toxicology, CBC, creatinine, electrolites, and glucose to reveal cause

Initial short term memory loss

Vascular risk factors, imaging evidence of cerebrovascular involvement

Young age, behavioral symptoms or language impairment

Bradikinesia or features of parkinsonism, fluctuating cognition, [[visual hallucinations]]

Dementia occuring 1 year after onset of Parkinson disease

Alzheimer disease

Vascular dementia

Frontotemporal dementia

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Parkinson's disease

Treatment

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Do's

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Don'ts

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