Diagnosis and management of dementia
Z Arvanitakis, RC Shah, DA Bennett - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Worldwide, 47 million people live with dementia and, by 2050, the number is
expected to increase to 131 million. Observations Dementia is an acquired loss of cognition
in multiple cognitive domains sufficiently severe to affect social or occupational function. In
the United States, Alzheimer disease, one cause of dementia, affects 5.8 million people.
Dementia is commonly associated with more than 1 neuropathology, usually Alzheimer
disease with cerebrovascular pathology. Diagnosing dementia requires a history evaluating …
expected to increase to 131 million. Observations Dementia is an acquired loss of cognition
in multiple cognitive domains sufficiently severe to affect social or occupational function. In
the United States, Alzheimer disease, one cause of dementia, affects 5.8 million people.
Dementia is commonly associated with more than 1 neuropathology, usually Alzheimer
disease with cerebrovascular pathology. Diagnosing dementia requires a history evaluating …
