Overview of Alzheimer dementia

소개글

알츠하이머 치매와 관련한 개괄적인 사항들을 영어로 정리한 레포트 문서입니다.
기전과 치료 및 예후, 감별질환 등을 카테고리별로 분석하여 기재하였으니 질병의 개괄적 사항에 대한 파악과 더불어 레포트 제출용으로도 손색없을 것이라 생각됩니다.

목차

1. Demographic features
2. Clinical features(Memory impairment)
3. Clinical course
4. Differential diagnosis
5. Diagnosis
6. Treatment
7. Advanced disease

본문내용

◆ The DSM-IV TR criteria for AD
- The development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by both:
- Memory impairment
- One or more of the following cognitive disturbances: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, disturbance in executive functioning
- The cognitive deficits cause significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represent a significant decline from a previous level of functioning
- The course is characterized by gradual onset and continuing decline
- The deficits are not due to another brain, systemic, or psychiatric condition
- The deficits do not occur exclusively during the course of delirium

참고 자료

Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, Thomas J Grabowski, Jr, MD, 2012
Cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia, Daniel Press, MD, Michael Alexander, MD, 2011