Ischemic Score Dementia - Identifies Vascular Dementia

Are you evaluating a patient with dementia?

Yes

Does the patient have a history of?

• hypertension?

Yes

• strokes?

Yes

Has the dementia shown?

• an abrupt onset?

Yes

• stepwise deterioration?

Yes

• a fluctuating course?

Yes

Does the patient show?

• nocturnal confusion?

Yes

• relative preservation of personality?

Yes

• depression?

Yes

• somatic complaints?

Yes

• emotional incontinence?

Yes

Does the patient have?

• focal neurological symptoms?

Yes

• focal neurological signs?

Yes

• evidence of associated atherosclerosis?

Yes

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Patient Concerns

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Ischemic Score to Separate Patients with Vascular Dementia from Primary Degenerative Dementia

Purpose: To use the ischemic score to help separate vascular dementia from a primary degenerative type.