Questions on Dementia

• What is Dementia ?
• What are the differential diagnosis ?
• Epidemiology of dementia
• What are the signs and symptoms of dementia ?
• For each lobe of the brain what features would dementia present as ?
• What is looked at in dementia screen ?
• What investigations are done ?
• Should you scan everyone with a suspected dementia ?
• What are the 4 Main types of dementia in order of prevalence ?
• What is the 2 approaches in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease ?
• What are poor prognostic factors for Alzhiemers ?
• Give 3 examples of rarer dementias
• What are the causes of reversible dementia ?
• What are 2 cognitive tests commonly done in clinic ?
• How do you ask to check the patients fluctuating conciousness ?
• What is MMSE and what is maximum score ?
• What is Psuedo-dementia ?

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