vascular dementia Flashcards
1
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risk factors
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Hx stroke, TIA AF HTN diabetes hyperlipidemia smoking obesity CAD
2
Q
patients present with
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several months/years Hx of sudden or stepwise decline of cognitive function
3
Q
features
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focal neurology difficulty concentrating seizures memory disturbance gait disturbance speech disturbance emotional distrubance
4
Q
MRI
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may show infarcts + white matter change
5
Q
Mx
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no specific pharmacolgical Rx
only consider ACh inhibitors or memantine if comorbid alzeimers etc
