Tag: Dementia
Warning Letters Can Reduce Quetiapine Overprescribing
Letters reduce quetiapine use among nursing home patients, community-dwelling patients with dementia
Risk for Adverse Outcomes Increased With Antipsychotic Use in Dementia
Risks increased for stroke, venous thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia, acute kidney injury
Delirium Increases Risk for Subsequent Death, Dementia in Older Adults
Dose-response association seen with higher risk for each additional delirium episode
Smartphone-Based Measures Can Help ID Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration were accurately differentiated from controls with smartphone tests
Inappropriate Diagnosis of Pneumonia Common in Hospitalized Adults
Inappropriate diagnosis common, especially in older patients and those with dementia, altered mental status on presentation
AAN: Dementia More Common With Essential Tremor Than in the General Population
However, dementia rates lower than a comparison cohort of people with Parkinson disease
FDA Delays Decision on New Alzheimer’s Drug
AI May Help Predict Mortality in Dementia Patients
Prediction feasible across time frames using certain clinical features
Higher Pancreatic Fat Percentage Linked to Lower Cognition in Men
Higher pancreatic fat linked to lower cognition and brain volumes in middle-aged men at high risk for Alzheimer disease
ASA: Nearly One in Five People Develop Dementia After Stroke
In the first year after stroke, there is an almost threefold higher risk for dementia
