Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential ...
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Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm



Affecting Multiple Domains

 • Depression

 • Delirium

Decline in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

 • Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

 • Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Subcortical Dementia - Treatable Causes

 • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

 • Chronic Meningitis

 • Chronic Drug Abuse

 • Tumor

 • Subdural Hematoma

 • B12 deficiency

 • Hypothyroidism

 • Hypoglycemia

Subcortical Dementia - Early Extrapyramidal Features

 • Parkinson's Disease with Dementia

 • Huntington's Disease

Subcortical Dementia - Rapidly Progressive

 • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

 • Paraneoplastic disorder

Cortical Dementias:

 • Early Language and Behavioral Dysfunction - Fronto-temporal Dementia

 • Abrupt Onset, Stepwise Progression - Vascular Dementia

 • Early Impairment of Recent Memory - Alzheimer's Dementia

 • Early Extrapyramidal Features -Dementia with Lewy

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