The Neurotransmitters: Clinical Neurology Education
IM Board Prep #5: Dementia and Cognitive Decline
Mar 20, 2024
Season 1
Episode 40
Michael Kentris
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Join us today as we go over the basics on some of the following:
- What is mild cognitive impairment vs dementia?
- What goes into the evaluation of dementia, both at the bedside and in the lab
- The basics of different types of dementia like:
- Alzheimer Disease
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Vascular Dementia
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- What if the dementia seems atypical or is faster than usual?
- How is delirium different than dementia?
- For most on this check out Psychiatry Boot Camp's great episode on delirium https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychbootcamp/episodes/2-4-Delirium-e2chn9q/a-aalv1eg
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