Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) for Staging a Patient with Alzheimer's Disease

Purpose: To classify a patient's level of cognitive functioning using the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) of Reisberg et al.

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Cognitive decline

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Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)

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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

Specialty

Neurology

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

F00 - Dementia in Alzheimer's disease (G30.-+)

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Purpose: To classify a patient's level of cognitive functioning using the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) of Reisberg et al.

Specialty: Neurology

Objective: severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: F00,

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