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Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

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ISBN13
9780323795449
מהדורה
3rd ed
הוצאה לאור
Elsevier
עמודים / Pages
336
פורמט
Hardback + online
תאריך יציאה לאור
5 ביולי 2021
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. 

Key Features

  • 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.

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מידע נוסף
מהדורה 3rd ed
עמודים / Pages 336
פורמט Hardback + online
הוצאה לאור Elsevier
תאריך יציאה לאור 5 ביולי 2021
תוכן עניינים

SECTION I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS

 

  1. Why Diagnose and Treat Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia?

 

  1. Evaluating the Patient with Memory Loss or Dementia

 

  1. Approach to the Patient with Memory Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia

 

SECTION II: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS

 

  1. Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer’s Disease

 

  1. Alzheimer’s Look-Alikes: Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART) and Limbic-predominant, Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE)

 

  1. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinson’s Disease Dementia)

 

  1. Posterior Cortical Atrophy

 

  1. Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment

 

  1. Primary Progressive Aphasia & Other Disorders of Speech

 

  1. Frontotemporal Dementia

 

  1. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

 

  1. Corticobasal Degeneration

 

  1. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

 

  1. Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease

 

  1. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

 

  1. Other Disorders That Disrupt Memory

 

SECTION III: TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS

 

  1. Goals of Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia

 

  1. Cholinesterase Inhibitors

 

  1. Memantine (Generic and Namenda XR)

 

  1. Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories

 

  1. Future Treatments of Memory Loss

 

  1. Physical exercise, Diet, Strategies, and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss

 

SECTION IV: BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA

 

  1. Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

 

  1. Caring For and Educating the Caregiver

 

  1. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

 

  1. Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

 

SECTION V: ADDITIONAL ISSUES

 

  1. Life Adjustments

 

  1. Legal and Financial Issues

 

  1. Special Issues

 

ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES

 

APPENDIX A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data

 

APPENDIX B: Screening for Memory Loss

 

APPENDIX C: Our Current Understanding of Memory

 
Author Andrew E. Budson, MD and Paul R. Solomon, PhD