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Cognitive impairment in the elderly.

Abstract

This paper deals with the reasons that cognitive impairment may occur in older persons and the ways in which it may complicate their life. The author suggests approaches to the detection and measurement of cognitive impairment, and discusses and recommends the use of brief mental status screening tests to assist in these processes.

Entities: Disease Species

Year: 1989 PMID： 21248999 PMCID： PMC2280782

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Fam Physician ISSN： 0008-350X Impact factor: 3.275

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Authors: M F Folstein; S E Folstein; P R McHugh
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Authors: T Erkinjuntti; R Sulkava; J Wikström; L Autio
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Authors: M Folstein; J C Anthony; I Parhad; B Duffy; E M Gruenberg
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Review 6. Alzheimer's disease.

Authors: R Katzman
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 1986-04-10 Impact factor: 91.245

Cognitive impairment in the elderly.

1. "Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician.

2. Screening for dementia in family practice.

Review 3. Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses.

4. Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire as a screening test for dementia and delirium among the elderly.

5. The meaning of cognitive impairment in the elderly.

Review 6. Alzheimer's disease.

7. A short portable mental status questionnaire for the assessment of organic brain deficit in elderly patients.

8. Limits of the 'Mini-Mental State' as a screening test for dementia and delirium among hospital patients.

Review 9. The reversible dementias: do they reverse?

10. Delirium (acute confusional states).

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