Suspicion of Dementia but Normal Neuropsychological Screening – What Next?

Blaser, Aymeric; Göldlin, Adrian; Streit, Sven (2015). Suspicion of Dementia but Normal Neuropsychological Screening – What Next? Praxis - schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, 104(25), pp. 1387-1392. Hogrefe 10.1024/1661-8157/a002206

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Dementia affects more and more people, affects their relatives and results
in increasing costs, which is why Switzerland chose to put out a dementia
awareness campaign which aims to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia.
Thanks to early diagnosis, the frequency of hospitalisations is reduced and transfers to nursing homes are delayed. When screening tests end up
being normal by patients with subjective memory disorder, early diagnosis
can be difficult. The use of smell identification tests or other clinical signs
could help the general practitioner to decide, which patients he has to refer
for further investigations. The era of functional brain imaging and biomarkers
has not yet come into being. For patients with suspected memory disorder and normal screening tests, the dialogue with the general practitioner is central for a competent and efficient follow-up of the patient.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM)

UniBE Contributor:

Göldlin, Adrian, Streit, Sven

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

1661-8157

Publisher:

Hogrefe

Language:

German

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

22 Dec 2015 12:10

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:50

Publisher DOI:

10.1024/1661-8157/a002206

PubMed ID:

26649956

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Demenzverdacht; Kognitive Störung; Screening cognitive disorders screening; suspicion de démence; suspicion of dementia; troubles cognitifs

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.74459

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/74459

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