Dementia: Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain
diseases. It affects memory, thinking, language, judgment, and behavior. The
following medical conditions also can lead to dementia: Huntington's disease,
Multiple sclerosis, Infections that can affect the brain, such as HIV /AIDS and
Lyme disease, Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease, Progressive supranuclear
palsy.
Drug Induced Dementia: Proceed with Caution
by David M. Angaran, MS,
FASHP, FCCP
http://alzonline.phhp.ufl.edu/pp_slides/03_27_03_angaran.ppt
Pain Assessment and Dementia
by Amanda Floetke Elliott, PhD(c), ARNP,
Ann L. Horgas, RN, PhD, FAAN
http://alzonline.phhp.ufl.edu/pp_slides/060117_elliot.ppt
Dementia - Medical Aspects of Disability
http://courses.phhp.ufl.edu/rcs6080/ppt_files/Dementia.ppt
Dementias
by Pat Borman, MD
http://www.fammed.washington.edu/network/sfm/Didactic%20Handouts/DEMENTIA.ppt
Palliative care of advanced dementia A patient centered approach
by VJ
Periyakoil, MD
http://mirecc.stanford.edu/ppt/uod06/6_periyacoil_dementia_handout_final.ppt
Managing rehabilitation challenges of patients with dementia
by Tom
Holmes, OTR, MA
http://www.uthct.edu/files/ppt/rehab_dementia.ppt
Dementia: Diagnosis and Treatment
by Debra L. Bynum, MD
http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/web/8.19.08%20Bynum.%20Dementia.ppt
Dementia Evaluation and Treatment
by John Frederick MD
http://depts.washington.edu/psyclerk/secure/dementia.ppt
Practice Parameter: Evaluation and Treatment of Depression, Psychosis and
Dementia in Parkinson Disease: An Evidence-Based Review
by J.
Miyasaki, MD; K. Shannon, MD; V. Voon, MD; B. Ravina, MD; G. Kleiner-Fisman,
MD; K. Anderson, MD; L.M. Shulman, MD; G. Gronseth, MD; and W.J. Weiner,
MD
http://www.aan.com/practice/guideline/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&guideline=199
Dementia
by Michael A Hill, MD
http://www.med.unc.edu/psyclerk/files/copy_of_DementiaForMedStudents.ppt
Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in the Diagnosis of Dementia
by
John M. Ringman, M.D.
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/twiki/pub/CCB/CCB_Meetings_NYLF2006/Ringman_NeuroimagStudents.ppt
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders
http://www.mccc.edu/~martinl/documents/DeliriumDementiaandAmnesticDisordersstudent.ppt
New Directions in Dementia Care at Home
by Tracey Vause-Earland, MS,
OTR/L, E. Adel Herge, MS, OTR/L, Catherine Verrier Piersol, MS, OTR/L
http://www.jefferson.edu/carah/documents/AOTA_2007_Conference.ppt.
Medical Evaluation of the Patient with Brain Failure
by Jane F. Potter,
MD
http://www.unmc.edu/media/intmed/geriatrics/ppt/brainfailuremedeval4.ppt
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