Neurology

General Geriatric Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

What patient factors most strongly influence your decision to start biologic agents in mild cognitive impairment?

Specifically, what guidelines do you use to help determine this (if any)?

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How do stroke-risk considerations affect your use of atypical antipsychotics for patients with dementia?

Related Q&A on antipsychotics in Alzheimer's.In light of the publication from Choma et al., PMID 41063545.

2 Answers available

What is your approach to determining eligibility for hospice in persons with Alzheimer's disease?

1 Answer available

Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

6 Answers available

How do you counsel non-diabetic patients who wish to start metformin to reduce the risk of developing dementia?

2 Answers available

Do you recommend life long aspirin 81 mg daily for non-specific T2 white matter hyper-intensities on MRI brain?

7 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

Lancet (London, England), 2015 Mar 12

A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial.

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