If an older adult is being worked up for concerns around progressive cognitive impairment, what is your process for determining the need for repeated head imaging (i.e., how far back will you allow a prior brain MRI to stand in as part of the workup)?
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Which factor(s) weigh most heavily in your decision to order a repeat brain MRI scan as part of work-up for progressive cognitive impairment in an older adult patient?
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Geriatric Medicine · Wake Forest University
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Older adults are a heterogeneous group: someone <65 years old with progressive cognitive impairment may need repeat head imaging to help assess interval development even if the last one was only 1 year ago.
The other end of the spectrum, 80+ year-olds or those with poor functional status, may not ne...
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