Use of computerized tomography in senile dementia.

Use of computerized tomography in senile dementia.

Computerized tomography was used to evaluate 35 patients with senile dementia and proved to be a simple and practical screening procedure. Those patients with moderate or severe cerebral atrophy had a poorer short-term prognosis than those with questionable or mild atrophy. Two patients with potentially treatable illnesses (hypothyroidism and pernicious anaemia) and only questionable atrophy ha...

Computed tomography findings in senile dementia and normal aging.

Computed tomography (CT) findings in 57 patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT), 19 patients with multi-infarct dementia and 85 controls of similar age and sex were studied. The SDAT patients differed from the controls of ventricular dilatation, frontal horn index, cella media index and the width of the third ventricle, and also in the index of cortical atrophy. Even the least se...

Invited Commentary: Senile Dementia

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Senile dementia and pharmacological drugs

Side effects and drug interactions are common in the elderly and highly relevant in the demented, being routinely confused with symptoms of cognitive impairment. Which drugs are most consumed by this patient group? Do prescription patterns differ between the demented and non-demented? OBJECTIVE To define drug consumption quantitatively and qualitatively in demented (D) and non-demented (ND) e...

Trial of levodopa in senile dementia.