All articles tagged: Unspecified dementia, unspecified severity, with behavioral disturbance (F03.91)

Ordering palliative care consultation by default increases the rate of consultation but does not reduce the length of stay for older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic illness, according to a study published in the Jan. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Katherine R. Courtright, M.D., from the Perelman

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cutpoints for identifying mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia are inappropriately high in a diverse community setting, yielding a high false-positive rate, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Marnina B. Stimmel, Ph.D., fr

Hearing loss is associated with an increased risk for dementia, with further increased risk for those not using hearing aids, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.Manuella Lech Cantuaria, Ph.D., from Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues exam

In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), those undergoing catheter ablation have a lower risk for incident dementia and mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Stephanie L. Harrison, Ph.D., from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined

The 21-point Brain Care Score (BCS) is associated with the risk for dementia and stroke, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in Frontiers in Neurology.Sanjula D. Singh, M.D., Ph.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the associations of the BCS with incident dementia and stroke. The BCS was d

For older adults, negative wealth shock is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and increased risks for dementia, according to a study published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Network Open.Liulu Pan, from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, and colleagues used data from the Health and Retirement Study conduc

Cardiac 18F-dopamine positron emission tomography (PET) can identify at-risk individuals who are subsequently diagnosed with a central Lewy body disease (LBD), according to a study published online Oct. 26 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.David S. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health in Be