As dementia is widely under-detected, a predictive model using electronic health records (EHR) could provide a method for early screening to implement preventive strategies. There is limited research on using EHR to identify persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (RD). In a...
Since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has defined a suspected case of COVID-19 as a person who meets both clinical (which is fever AND cough; or any three or more of these symptoms: fever, cough, general weakness/fatigue, headache, myalgia, sore throat, c...
In 68 patients (mean age 71 ± 8 years) with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease (AD), the presence of various neurologic motor signs was investigated, both in the total patient sample and in subgroups with early-onset AD (onset before 65 years of age; n = 30) and late-onset AD ...
Penelope Kramer
What is poorly understood however if there are observable patterns in non-response that are predictive of early signs of declines in cognitive functioning. Results As would be expected, measured declines in cognitive function and overall health across time are predictive of dropping out of surveys. ...
Mutations in its gene, PSEN1, cause familial early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD). Many point mutations have been identified in PSEN1 that cause a variety of clinical phenotypes, many of which include movement disorders or other motor signs in addition to cognitive decline. Methods We ...
, seek support from colleagues and managers within their workplace and, on the third level, outside their workplace. Staff and managers expressed a need for early and continuous guidance and education from specialists in dementia and primary healthcare. This finding indicates an urgent need for ...