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1
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Is dementia a diagnosis or a clinical syndrome

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syndrome

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Most common type of dementia

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55% Alzheimers

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2nd most common type of dementia

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25% vascular (can be mixed w alzheimers)

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3rd most common type of dementia

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Lewy body 10%

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Prevalence of lewy body dementia?

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5%

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Prevalence of dementia at 90y

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25%

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Diagnostic criteria of dementia (3)

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Multiple cognitive defecits

Resulting impairment in ADLs

Clear consciousness

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Do pts with dementia normally have insight?

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No often

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Can pts with dementia get psychotic symptoms? If so which ones?

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Yes

persecutory delusions (made worse by forgetfulness)

visual and auditory hallucinations

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What are BPSDs?

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Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

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What should you include in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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  1. ask about concerns, cognitive, behav and psych symptoms
  2. Risk factors, co-morbidities and drugs
  3. Discuss possibility of dementia
  4. Assess cognition
  5. Assess daily functioning
  6. Exacerbating factors for BPSD
  7. Examination
  8. Investigations
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12
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Which co-morbidities are especially relevant in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Stroke

Epilepsy

Depression

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Which risk factors are there in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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FHx

Learning disabilities

Stroke

Parkinsons

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Which drugs are relevant in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Benzos

Anticholinergics

Analgesics

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Examples of cognitive symptoms to ask about in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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memory

concentration

Language

Orientation

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Examples of behavioural sx to ask in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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aggression

wandering

restless

inappropriate behaviour

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Examples of psych sx to ask in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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hallucinations

delusions

mood

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What should you include when you discuss the possibility of dementia in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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advise more detailed assessment

Ask if they’d like to know the diagnosis

Who they would want to involve

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How do you assess cognition in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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MMSE (accounting for e.g. education level, language, sensory deficits, previous functioning)

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What do you assess in daily functioning in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Personal care, managing finances, taking drug treatments

Safety and home and outside

Social functioning and support

Driving

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What are exacerbating factors for BPSD in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Co-morbs and acute illness (pain, infection, constipation, dehydration, anaemia, delirium)

Underlying psych

Sensory- visual and hearing

Drug SEs

Able to communicate verbally

Carer- emotional upset? Able to communicate w pt?

Environment- change, routine, over or under stimulated?

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what examinations do you do in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Neuro for FND

Gait and balance

Cardio- HTN, arrhyth…

Wt loss

Visual and auditory

Other acute illness

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Investigations in an assessment of susp. dementia (1st presentation)?

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Bloods: FBC, ESR, Ca, U&Es, LFTs, HbA1c, TFTs, B12 and folate

If indicated- MSU, CXR, ECG, syphilis screen, HIV

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What are the 5 As of alzheimers?

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amnesia

agnosia

aphasia

apraxia

associated BPSD

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Key feature of Alzheimers?

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Gradual onset with memory loss

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Macroscopic changes seen in Alzheimers?

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Cortical atrophy

Enlarged ventricles

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Microscopic changes seen in Alzheimers?

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Neurofibrillary tangles

Amyloid plaques (beta)

Decreased Acetylcholine

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Describe the amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimers

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APP gene –>

amyloid precursor protein –>

Aβ protein plaques are cleaved off APP by secretase enzyme (which is coded for by presenelin 1 and 2 genes), these aggregate –>

toxicity, inflammation, oxidative stress, tau dysfunction and neurofibrin tangle formation–>

leads to neuronal death and dysfunction

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What are three genes whose mutations are implicated in familial (early onset) Alzheimers?

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APP gene

Presenelin 1

Presenelin 2

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30
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What are the three varients of the APO gene?

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E2, E3, E4

31
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Which APO gene increases risk of Alzheimers?

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APO E4

32
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Are there neurotransmitter changes seen in Alzheimers? Which ones? What does this lead to?

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Yes- defecit of ACh, serotonin, noradrenaline and somatostatin- this leads to the loss of the cell bodies of neurones that secrete them.

33
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What are two pharmacological management options in Alzheimers

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors- compensate for the loss of acetylcholine- this can arrest and temporarily reverse cognitive decline and may improve behaviour

Memantine in moderate to severe- glutamate antagonist- prevents excitatory neurotoxicity

34
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What is the progression of vascular dementia like?

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Stepwise pattern of FND

35
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Difference between vascular and Alzheimers dementia?

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Vascular more ‘patchy’ cognitive impairment and stepwise.

36
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Many people have mixed ______ and vascular dementia

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Alzheimers

37
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Vascular dementia has at least one area of __________ _________

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Cortical infarction

38
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Following a stroke, the risk of dementia is increased by ???

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9 times

39
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Vascular risk factors apply to both _____ and ______ dementia

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Vascular and alzheimers

40
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What are the vascular risk factors?

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Smoking, DM, HTN, high cholesterol

41
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What can you do as well as controlling vascular risk factors to try reduce the risk of further stroke related deterioration in VD?

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low dose aspirin

42
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How does Lewy Body dementia present? (4)

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Fluctuating cognition and alertness

Vivid visual hallucinations

Spontaneous parkinsonism

Sleep disorder

43
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Can you give antipsychotics to LBD?

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No- severe reaction

44
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What is a pharmacological treatment option for LBD?

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AChEi

45
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What is the microscopic changes found in LBD?

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lewy bodies and neurites in basal ganglia and cerebral cortex

Often also Alzheimer’s-like changes

46
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Parkinson’s disease dementia is similar to what type? When can it be diagnosed?

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Lewy body

If the parkinson’s preceded the dementia by >1y

47
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what % people with parkinson’s develop dementia?

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25% (and if they survive 20y, 80%)

48
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Frontotemporal dementia has a younger or older mean age of onset?

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Younger

49
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Features of FTD?

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Early personality changes

Relative intellectual sparing- memory problems tend to come later

50
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Which lobes are affected in FTD?

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frontal

anterior temporal

51
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What is the pathology of FTD?

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It varies… tend to have ubiquitin or tau positive inclusions

52
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Diagnostic criteria for alcohol related dementia

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Aren’t any.

Difficult to distinguish from other types, especially Alz. May occur in combination.

53
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Features of alcohol related dementia

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Global deterioration in intellectual function

Some have frontal lobe damage- disinhibition, worse planning and executive function

Korsakoff’s features- memory changes.

Generally somewhere on a spectrum between global dementia and Korsakoff’s psychosis.

Can have psychosis, depression, anxiety, apathy, personality changes

May also get peripheral neuropathy and cerebellar ataxia.

54
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Can alcohol related dementia be treated?

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Yes if early enough- stop alcohol and replace vitamins (esp thiamine)

55
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Onset and severity of alcohol related dementia directly linked to _____

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amount of alcohol consumed

56
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Onset of alcohol related dementia can be as early as ___ but is normally ___–____

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30

50-70

57
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Why does damage occur in alcohol related dementia?

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Alcohol is a neurotoxin

Or because of malnutrition- thiamine defic.

58
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What are other forms of dementia?

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Repeated head trauma

Subdural haematoma

SAH/head inj/meningitis –> normal pressure hydrocephalus

Huntington’s Chorea

MND

Infection (HIV, syphilis, prion)

Metabolic (rare) (hyperparathyroid and hypothyroid)

59
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MND dementia is always what type?

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Fronto-temporal

60
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Which dementias can have pharmacological treatment? Which treatments?

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AChEi in Alzheimers and Lewy body

Memantine in Alzheimers

Aspirin in vascular

61
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What is it important to rule out in dementia?

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Reversible causes (these could be superimposed)

62
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Psycho management of dementia?

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Cognitive stimulation e.g. group activities

Teach carers techniques for behavioural management

63
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Social management of dementia

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Home care

Day centres

Intermittent respite

Residential/nursing care

64
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What do people with dementia often die of ?

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Bronchopneumonia

65
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How is the life expectancy of someone with dementia altered?

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Reduced even accounting for physical health

66
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Is vascular dementia prognosis worse or better than alzheimers?

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worse- progression less consistent and vulnerable to cardiac and stroke related death

67
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What are 4 reasons for cognitive impairment without dementia?

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mild cognitive impairment

Subjective cognitive impairment

Severe depression in old age

Slowly progressive acute confusional state

68
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What is mild cognitive impairment?

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Deterioration in cognition insufficient to meet dementia criteria. About 15%–> dementia within a year. 50% within 3 years

69
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What is subjective cognitive impairment?

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Report cognitive impairment e.g. remembering names, but perform within normal ranges on psychometric tests for age and education

70
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How do MCI and SCI link?

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MCI often preceded by 15y of SCI

71
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What proportion of the population report being forgetful?

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1/3

72
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Severe depression in old age can present as____? Features?

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pseudodementia- prominent forgetfulness and poor self care

73
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what are slowly progressive acute confusional states?

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May present with a dementia-like picture e.g. subdural haematoma, myxoedema, vitamin deficiencies.

74
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Does a diagnosis of dementia stop you from driving?

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Must inform the DVLA. Doesn’t in itself stop you, but must do so when unsafe. Can do an assessment with DVLA if you want. The Alzheimer’s society website has v good advice. Most people stop within about 3y

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