Differences between clinical subspecialties in the outpatient evaluation and treatment of dementia in an academic medical center

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Kalkonde, Yogeshwar V ^a   Pinto Patarroyo, Gineth P ^a   Goldman, Tatiana ^a,b   Strutt, Adriana M ^a   York, Michele K ^a,b   Kunik, Mark E ^a,b   Schulz, Paul E ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dementia guidelines; Geriatrics; Geropsychiatry; Mental health; Neurology; Subspecialties

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 75149159259     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000254701     Document Type: Article

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