Open AccessAlzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Across the Spectrum of Disease Severity
Author(s) -
Neugroschl Judith,
Wang Sophia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mount sinai journal of medicine: a journal of translational and personalized medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1931-7581
pISSN - 0027-2507
DOI - 10.1002/msj.20279
Subject(s) - disease , medicine , cognitive impairment , cognition , stage (stratigraphy) , broad spectrum , psychiatry , psychology , pathology , paleontology , biology , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
Alzheimer's disease exists along a spectrum, from early memory changes to functional dependence and death. Using a case illustration, we review the evaluation and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease at each stage, including the management of both cognitive and behavioral/psychiatric aspects of the disease and end‐stage and end‐of‐life care. Mt Sinai J Med 78:596–612, 2011. © 2011 Mount Sinai School of Medicine