id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_o3tzzmzl2jcn7o5ekxznebhxzi Stephanie S. Richards Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Alzheimer Disease 1999.0 10 .pdf application/pdf 9081 835 50 lzheimer disease (AD) is a diagnosis of inclusion based on patient history, physical examination, neuropsychological testing, and laboratory studies; however, there is no definitive diagnostic test for AD. Effective treatment requires monitoring of symptoms, functional impairment, and safety, and the use of multiple treatment modalities The cholinesterase inhibitors, tacrine and donepezil, are effective in improving cognition, delaying nursing home placement, and improving behavioral complications in some patients. Specifically, AD is characterized clinically not only by an impairment in cognition but also by a decline in global function, a deterioration in the ability to perform acute disorder, delirium in the elderly can be subacute at onset, stretching over weeks or even months, charCriteria for Clinical Diagnosis of Probable Alzheimer Disease* improvement in behavioral symptoms, including depression, psychosis, and agitation, even in the absence of profound cognitive change.30 Effective treatment for functional decline is the same as for cognitive impairment. ./cache/work_o3tzzmzl2jcn7o5ekxznebhxzi.pdf ./txt/work_o3tzzmzl2jcn7o5ekxznebhxzi.txt