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What diagnosis activities are required to determine what type of dementia a person has?
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Dementia: Thorough exam, neurological workup, mini mental status exam are first steps.
Answered 7/6/2012
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Is it reversible?: Tests consider reversible bs irreversible causes of dementia. Look at thyroid function tests, B12 levels, RPR to rule out syphillis. These are metabolic causes.Then ctscan or MRI to r:/o tumor, multiinfarct dementia(mid).If mid, ekg to r/o atrial fibrillation. Newer tests include pet scans and other new x-ray imaging studied. It is common to find small vessel ischemia.
Answered 1/12/2015
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