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Current situation: Dementia affects 5 per cent of people over the age of 65 years, and 20 per cent...recommended for use in patients with Alzheimer s disease. New NICE guidance will be finalised next month ... for the treatment of Alzheimer s is questionable (BMJ 2005; 331: 321). Although the outcomes measuring cognition ... . One study has shown that patients with dementia are now being referred earlier to specialists, which ...
Current situation Dementia affects 5 per cent of people over the age of 65, and 20 per cent of those over 80 in the UK. NICE guidance on dementia, published in 2007, recommends using ... moderate Alzheimer s disease. NICE recommends that these drugs only be used to treat patients who score ...
that donepezil preserves cognition and global function compared with placebo in patients with severe Alzheimer ... for patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease ( Curr Alzheimer Res 2008; 5: 83-9 ). Patients taking ... that gingko biloba had no effect on the rate of progression to dementia in elderly participants with mild ...
for dementia....for atypical antipsychotics in dementia patients have emerged in recent years. There is a threefold increase ... -32 ). The DART-AD trial was the first long-term follow-up study to show that patients with Alzheimer's disease ... adverse events and death associated with antipsychotic use in dementia patients, one article has ...
Headaches in the elderly 09-May-07 Journals Club - Treating Alzheimer's disease 10-Apr-09 The management of pruritus in the elderly 01-Dec-07 Assessing a patient for early dementia 05-Jun-09 ... Practice dilemma - Dementia patient's care plan 05-Nov-10 Practice dilemma - Driving with dementia 15 ...
Genetic early warning for heart disease 28-Mar-08 Alzheimer s Clinical review: Dementia 06-Jul-07 The management of Alzheimer's disease 19-Sep-07 Asthma ...
in the elderly, for example, TIA and stroke, Parkinson's disease, falls, hypertension and heart disease, dementia ... and explanations may have to be at a slower pace. If there is an element of dementia present, take ...
- Suspected Huntington's disease 19-Feb-10 Practice dilemma - Driving with dementia 15-Jan-10 Medico ... dilemma - Dementia patient's care plan 05-Nov-10 A problem shared - Patient wants scrip to take ...
of dementia increases with age and can be worrying for both patients and their families. Complex medication ... -up telephone call could be considered. For patients with dementia it is important to set aside time during ... dementia often feel anxious and are concerned about the potential impact on their independence. The GP ...
/mania Chronic schizophrenia and chronic psychoses Dementia Learning disability (depending on severity ... syncope Cancers Dementia There is no simple marker to assess the degree of impairment of cognitive function in early dementia, post-stroke and post-head injury, although the DVLA suggests ...
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