Fast Five Quiz: Dementia

Dementia, or the loss of cognitive functioning and behavioral abilities, can affect various aspects of daily life and activities. Functions such as language, problem solving, memory, visual perception and other elements of self-management can be affected. Emotional control can be difficult, resulting in personality changes. Dementia varies from mild to severe and the number of cases increases due to the longer life expectancy of the world's population.

After excluding the reversible causes of dementia, the four most common dementia syndromes (accounting for 90% of cases) include Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. In addition, comorbidity (the presence of more than one pathological process) is the rule rather than the exception for dementia in the elderly.

Do you know the key elements of presentation, assessment and treatment associated with different causes of dementia? Test your knowledge of this increasingly common disease with our rapid questionnaire.

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Quote this article: Helmi L. Lutsep. Fast Five Quiz: Dementia – Medscape – October 17, 2018.