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What is dementia?

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Syndrome encompassing progressive deficits in several cognitive domains

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What are 2 causes of dementia?

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Ameliorable
neurodegenerative

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How do you diagnose dementia?

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Loss of semantic & episodic knowledge

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What is episodic memory?

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activities of daily life & ability to cope with daily tasks

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What is semantic memory?

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Autobiographl memory

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What metabolic causes induce ameliorable demetntia?

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VitB1/3/12 deficiency
T4 reduction

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What are space occupying causes of ameliorable dementia?

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tumours
subdural haematoma
normal pressure hydrocephalus

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What are 4 infectious causes of ameliorable dementia?

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Syphilis
CNS cysticercosis
HIV
Whipple’s disease

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What is a type of neurodegenerative dementia?

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Alzheimers

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What are 5 earliest signs of alzheimers?

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impairment of recent memory, function , attention
failure of language skills, visual-spatial orientation, abstract thinking & judgement

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What is a second type of NGD dementia?

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Vascular dementia

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What does vascular dementia represent?

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Cumulative effects of many small strokes

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What are 3 signs for vascular pathology of vascular dementia?

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High BP
past strokes
focal CNS signs

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What is a third type of NGD dementia?

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Lewy body dementia

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What are symptoms of Lewy body dementia/

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cognitive impairment
visual hallucinations
parkinsonism
Lewy bodies in brainstem & neocortex

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What is the fourth type of NGD dementia?

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Fronto-temporal (PIcks’s) dementia

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What are symptoms of Fronto-temporal (PIcks’s) dementia?

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Frontal & temporal atrophy without alzheimers histology
exectutive impairment
behavioural/personality change
disinhibitoon

18
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What is the 5th NGD dementia?

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Huntington’s disease

19
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What are symptoms of Huntington’s disease?

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movement disorders
mood swings
depression
progressive decline in memory, concentrating

20
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What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

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Repeated head trauma leading to NGD dementia

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What is the most popular cognitive testing/

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Montreal cognitive assessment (MOCA)

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What are 2 other dementia assesments?

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Mental state & physical examination

23
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What sex is alzheimers more prevalent in?

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Female

24
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What are 3 principal histopathology of alzheimers?

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Neurofibrillary tangles
amyloid plaques
diffuse loss of neurons
enlargement of ventricles

25
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Can Alzheimer’s be genetic?

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Yes
Inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern in a small fraction

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What are 5 presentations in alzheimers?

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Dysfunction of:
visuo-spatial skills
sematic & episodic memory
verbal abilities
executive function
anosognosia

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What are 4 symptoms of alzheimers that present at later stages?

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irritability
mood disturbance
behavioral change
agnosia

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What are features of Alzheimer’s disease patholohy?

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environmental & genetic factors
deficit in clearance of beta amyloid peptide
altered microglial expression
neuronal loss
proliferation of astrocytes
shrinkage of hippocampus

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What are risk factors for alzheimers?

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1st degree relative with AD
Down syndrome
homozygosity for ApoE
mutations in PICALM, CL1, CLU
High Bp
depression, loneliness
reduced physical activity
alcohol?
smoking

30
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How can Alzheimer’s be prevented?

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detect changes in CSF beta amyloid seen ~25yrs before onset of symptoms
detection of CSF tau protein & atrophy (15yrs before)
cerebral hypometabolism & impaired episodic memory
PUFA, folic acid & B vitamins can help

31
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How can Alzheimer’s disease be managed?

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors eg. Donepezil

32
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What does aceytlcholineesterase inhibition cause?

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enhances cholinergic transmission
slows down progression of alzheimers

33
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What are 3 types of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors?

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Donepezil
Rivastigmine
Galantamine

34
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What are S/Es of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors?

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cramps, incontinence, exacerbates peptic ulcer disease, hypotension, bradycardia

35
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What is an antiglutamergic treatment?

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Memantine (NDMA anatgonist)
effective in late stage

36
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How is beta amyloid targeted for AD treatments?

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Humanized monoclonal IgG1 antibody directed against mid-domain of Abeta peptide

37
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How can folic acid & B vitamins helpful in AD treatment?

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decreases mild cognitive impairment
decreases rate of MRI brain atrophy in MCI

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