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• Advance Care Planning
• Delirium
• Dementia
• Depression

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Advance Care Planning

Gillick MR. Advance Care Planning. N Engl J Med. 2004;350(1):7-8.

Winzelberg GS, Hanson LC, Tulsky JA. Beyond autonomy: Diversitying end-of-Life decision-making approaches to sever patients and families. JAGS. 2005;53:1046-50.

Delirium

Inouye SK. Delirium in older persons. N Engl J Med. 2006:354:1157-1165.

Delirium and Dementia

Fick DM, Agostini JV, Inouye SK. Delirium superimposed on dementia: A systematic review. JAGS. 2002;50:1723-1732.

Delirium in Post-acute Facilities

Marcantonio ER, Kiely DK, Simon SE, Orav EJ, et al. Outcomes of older people admitted to postacute facilities with delirium. JAGS. 2005;53:963-969.

Delirium and Medications

Agostini JV, Leo-Summers LS, Inouye SK. Cognitive and other adverse effects of diphenhydramine use in hospitalized older patients. Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:2091-2097.

Prevention Of Delirium

Inouye SK, Bogardus ST, Charpentier PA, Leo-Summers L, Acampora D, Holford TR, Cooney LM. A Multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients. New Engl J Med. 1999;340:669-676.

Marcantonio ER, Flacker JM, Wright RJ, Resnick NM. Reducing delirium after hip fracture: A randomized trial. JAGS. 2001;49:516-522.

Dementia

General

Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Petersen RC. Essentials of the proper diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and major subtypes of dementia. Mayo Clin Proc 2003;78:1290-1308.

Alzheimer's Disease

Cumming JL. Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med 2004;351:56-57.

Dementia in Parkison's Disease

Emre M. Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease: cause and treatment. Curr Opin Neurol 2004;17:399-404.

Dementia in Cerebrovascular Disease

Knopman DS. Dementia and cerebrovascular disease. Mayo Clin Pro. 2006;81(2):223-230.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Mallucci G, Collinge J. Update of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Current Opinion in Neurology. 2004;17:641-647.

Lewybody Dementia

McKeith IG, Dickson DW, Lowe J, et al for the Consortium on DLB. Diagnosis and Management of Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Neurology 2005;65:1863-1872.

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Mesulam MM. Primary Progressive Aphasia--A Language-Based Dementia. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1535-42.

Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia

Sink KM, Holden KF, Yaffe K. Pharmacological treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. JAMA 2005;293(5):596-608.

Lee PE, Gill SS, Freedman M, Bronskill SE, Hillmer MP, Rochon PA. Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review. BMJ 2004;BMJ. 329(7457):75, 2004 Jul 10.

Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS , et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525-1538.

Raina P, Santaguida P, Ismaila A, Patterson C, Cowan D, Levine M, Booker L, Oremus M. Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:379-97.

Depression in the Elderly

Blazer DG. Depression in late life: Review and commentary. J Gerontology Medical Sciences. 2003;58A(3):249-265.

Alexopoulos GS. Depression in the edlerly. The Lancet. 2005;265:1961-70.

Montgomery SA. Late-life depression: Rationalizing pharmacological Treatment options. Geronotology. 2002;48:392-400.

 

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