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Making the Call in Alzheimer’s Disease
Optimizing Diagnosis and Management
Suggested Readings
2023 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures.
Alzheimer’s Association.
The Alzheimer's disease clinical spectrum: diagnosis and management.
Atri A. Med Clin North Am. 2019;103(2):263-293.
Integrating family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and dementias into clinical appointments: identifying potential best practices.
Griffin JM, Riffin C, Havyer RD, et al. J Appl Gerontol. 2020;39(11):1184-1194.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Lecanemab: appropriate use recommendations.
Cummings J, Apostolova L, Rabinovici GD, et al. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2023;10(3):362-377.
Revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's disease: Alzheimer’s Association Workgroup National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association (NIA-AA)
International consensus on the use of tau PET imaging agent 18F-flortaucipir in Alzheimer’s disease.
Tian M, Civelek AC, Carrio I, et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022;49(3):895-904.
International Nuclear Medicine Consensus on the clinical use of amyloid positron emission tomography in Alzheimer’s disease.
Tian M, Zuo C, Civelek AC, et al. Phenomics. 2023;3(4):375-389.
Linked Resources
Patient and Caregiver Resources
AD8 dementia screening interview
Alzheimer’s Association.
The Alzheimer’s Questionnaire
Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) Alzheimer’s / dementia test: administration, accuracy and scoring
Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA) for dementia & Alzheimer’s
Standardized Mini-Cog© Instrument
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Webcast Series
0.25 CME/CE
First Steps Toward Early Diagnosis of MCI or AD
Module 1
| Faculty: | Sharon Cohen, MD, FRCPC; Charles P. Vega, MD, FAAFP |
| Release: | 04/29/2024 |
| Expiration: | 04/29/2025 |
