Management of Patients with Dementia: The Role of the Physician

ISBN-13: 9783030779030 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 434 str.

Kristian Steen Frederiksen; Gunhild Waldemar

Spis treści

Management of patients with dementia – an introduction

Diagnosis and support of patients with dementia – a patient perspective on current goals and practice

Diagnostic evaluation of dementia

Disclosure of diagnosis in MCI and dementia

Anti-dementia medication

Review of medication in patients with dementia

Management approaches for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

Management of vascular risk factors in dementia

Assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia

Management of Motor Symptoms in Dementia Disorders

Management of sleep disorders in patients with dementia

Seizures and Epilepsy in Dementia: Diagnosis and Management

Physical and cognitive exercise for patients with dementia 

Promoting functional independence in dementia 

Patients with Dementia in Hospital

Long-term care for patients with dementia 

End-Of-Life Care In Patients with Advanced Dementia

Systematic medical follow-up of patients with dementia

O autorze

Dr. Kristian Steen Frederiksen is a neurologist at the Danish Dementia Research Centre and the Memory Clinic at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. He has a PhD in neuroscience and neuroimaging, and main research interests includes clinical application of biomarkers, neuroimaging, and exercise as a possible treatment of dementia and cognitive impairment. Dr Frederiksen has published more than 40 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter and serves on the European Academy of Neurology scientific subpanel on dementia and cognitive disorders. 

Professor Gunhild Waldemar is the Director of the Danish Dementia Research Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Waldemar has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters on various aspects of dementia research and clinical aspects. Moreover, Professor Waldemar serves on numerous boards and other international positions within dementia and medicine in general and has received several Danish and international awards for her work.

Blurb

This book provides an overall introduction to the medical management of dementia with chapters dedicated to specific topics such as pain, epilepsy, vascular risk factors in dementia and review of medication, which are often not addressed in books on the subject, and thereby filling a gap in the field. 

Chapters are supplemented with cases to highlight key concepts and treatment approaches, and to provide the reader with the possibility to reflect on management options and the readers´ own current practice.

This book is aimed at clinicians of different specialties (mainly neurology, psychiatry, geriatric medicine and general practice/family medicine) who manage patients with dementia on a regular basis, and thus provides useful guidance to be used in the clinic.