Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, 3rd Edition - Budson
Descripcion del producto
ISBN Number | 9780323795449 |
Main Author | By Andrew E. Budson, MD and Paul R. Solomon, PhD |
Copyright Year | 2022 |
Edition Number | 3 |
Format | Book |
Trim | 235 x 191 (7 1/2 x 9 1/4) |
Illustrations | Approx. 320 illustrations (320 in full color) |
Imprint | Elsevier |
Page Count | 300 |
Publication Date | 6 May 2021 |
Stock Status | IN STOCK |
Book Description
Key Features
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Provides in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest research findings and treatment approaches.
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Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions.
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Contains new chapters on Alzheimer?s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy.
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Covers key topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy.
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Includes current National Institute on Aging?Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer?s disease and mild cognitive impairment.
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Demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as the new tau scans.
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Includes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Author Information
Book Contents
SECTION I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS
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1. Why Diagnose and Treat Memory Loss, Alzheimer?s Disease, and Dementia?
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2. Evaluating the Patient with Memory Loss or Dementia
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3. Approach to the Patient with Memory Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia
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SECTION II: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS
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4. Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer?s Disease
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5. Alzheimer?s Look-Alikes: Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART) and Limbic-predominant, Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE)
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6. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinson?s Disease Dementia)
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7. Posterior Cortical Atrophy
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8. Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment
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9. Primary Progressive Aphasia & Other Disorders of Speech
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10. Frontotemporal Dementia
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11. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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12. Corticobasal Degeneration
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13. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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14. Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease
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15. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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16. Other Disorders That Disrupt Memory
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SECTION III: TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS
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17. Goals of Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer?s Disease, and Dementia
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18. Cholinesterase Inhibitors
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19. Memantine (Generic and Namenda XR)
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20. Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories
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21. Future Treatments of Memory Loss
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22. Physical exercise, Diet, Strategies, and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss
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SECTION IV: BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA
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23. Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
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24. Caring For and Educating the Caregiver
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25. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
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26. Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
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SECTION V: ADDITIONAL ISSUES
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27. Life Adjustments
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28. Legal and Financial Issues
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29. Special Issues
ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data
APPENDIX B: Screening for Memory Loss
APPENDIX C: Our Current Understanding of Memory