Features Unusual in Early Alzheimer's Disease - Medical Equation

Are you considering the diagnosis of early Alzheimer's disease in a patient?

Yes

Did the patient's condition have an abrupt onset?

Yes

Has the patient shown a stepwise deterioration?

Yes

Does the patient show?

• delusions?

Yes

• extrapyramidal gait?

Yes

• extrapyramidal signs?

Yes

• disordered eye movements?

Yes

• hallucinations?

Yes

• profound apathy?

Yes

• progressive gait disorder?

Yes

• prominent aphasia?

Yes

• prominent behavioral changes?

Yes

• prominent fluctuations in cognitive abilities?

Yes

• prominent fluctuations in level of consciousness?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of findings suggesting an alternative diagnosis to early Alzheimer's disease

Should you proceed with the diagnosis without considering alternative diagnoses?

Number of findings associated with:

Delerium (drugs, infection, other cause)

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Frontotemporal dementia

Hydrocephalus

Parkinsonian syndrome

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Seizures

Vascular dementia

Wernicke's encephalopathy

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Risk Factors for Institutionalization in a Patient with Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
- Drugs Which Can Cause Cognitive Impairment
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Brief Alzheimer Screen (BAS)
Imaging Studies
- Indications for Performing a Head CT Scan in Patient with Dementia
Other Testing
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Risk Factors for Demented Person Becoming Lost
- Binswanger Type of Senile Vascular Dementia
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- HIV-Associated Dementia in an Older Adult
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- HIV-Associated Dementia in an Older Adult

Therapy

Selection
- The HIV Dementia Scale
- Screening for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND)

Monitoring

Adverse Effects
- Drugs Which Can Cause Cognitive Impairment
Overdose And Reversal
- Drugs Which Can Cause Cognitive Impairment
Complication Detection
- Drugs Which Can Cause Cognitive Impairment

Patient Concerns

Disability And Performance
- Risk Factors for Institutionalization in a Patient with Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Patient Concerns

Specialty

ICD-10

Features Unusual in Early Alzheimer's Disease and Favoring Another Diagnosis

Purpose: To identify features in a patient that may indicate an alternative diagnosis to early Alzheimer's disease.

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Patient Concerns

Specialty

ICD-10