Template:Dementia DDX: Difference between revisions

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**Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
**Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
**Meds considered "never appropriate" in advanced dementia include, but still commonly used<ref>Tjia J et Al. Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit in Advanced Dementia. JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 08, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4103</ref>:
***Most common: Cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine hydrochloride, lipid lower agents, antiplatelet (except aspirin)
***Others: hormone antagonists, leukotriene inhibitors, cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunomodulators
*Metabolic  
*Metabolic  
**B12 or folate deficiency  
**B12 or folate deficiency  

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Dementia

  • Degenerative
  • Vascular
  • Infectious
    • Meningitis (sequelae of bacterial, fungal, or tubercular)
    • Neurosyphilis
    • Viral encephalitis (herpes, HIV), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Inflammatory
    • SLE
    • Demyelinating disease
  • Neoplastic
    • Primary tumors / metastatic disease
    • Carcinomatous meningitis
    • Paraneoplastic syndromes
  • Traumatic
  • Toxic
    • ETOH
    • Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
  • Metabolic
  • Psychiatric
    • Depression (pseudodementia)
  • Hydrocephalic
    • Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (communicating hydrocephalus)
    • Noncommunicating hydrocephalus
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