Dementia / / edited by Joseph F. Quinn, MD ; cover design by Sarah Dickinson
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| Titolo: |
Dementia / / edited by Joseph F. Quinn, MD ; cover design by Sarah Dickinson
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.8/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dementia |
| Altri autori: |
QuinnJoseph F. <1962->
DickinsonSarah
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia / Richard Camicioli -- Rapidly progressive dementia and its mimics / Amy May Lin Quek and Andrew McKeon -- Young onset dementia : how much diagnostic testing is enough? / Anahita Adeli and Keith A. Josephs -- An approach to the problem of normal pressure hydrocephalus / Norman Relkin -- Depression : cause or complication of cognitive decline? / David Mansoor, Sahana Misra, and Linda Ganzini -- Mild cognitive impairment / Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein, Clinton Wright, Elizabeth Crocco, and Daniel Varon -- After the diagnosis : continuing neurologic care of the outpatient with dementia / Anne M. Lipton -- Using psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviors in dementia / Lucy Y. Wang and Murray A. Raskind -- Palliative care in advanced dementias / Ira Byock and Cory Ingram -- Ethical, legal, and social issues in dementia / Amy Y. Tsou and Jason Karlawish -- Assessing outcomes in dementia car / Joel Mack, Amie Peterson, and Joseph Quinn -- Primary prevention of dementia / Joseph Quinn. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book looks at dementia and considers topics including: diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia; rapidly progressive dementia and its imitators; young onset dementia; depression and whether it is a cause or complication of cognitive decline; prodromal dementia; using psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviors in dementia; palliative care in advanced dementias; legal/economic/social issues in dementia; and assessing outcomes in dementia care. Essential reading for neurologists, psychiatrists, and gerontologists. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dementia |
| ISBN: | 1-118-65619-9 |
| 1-118-65608-3 | |
| 1-118-65622-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910138995403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Neurology in practice (Series)