Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia: A Comprehensive Guide

With a growing need for healthcare professionals to accurately diagnose and treat dementia and related illnesses, Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia, 3rd Edition, is an indispensable resource for neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others working with the elderly.

A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

This easy-to-read book focuses on providing day-to-day tools and expertise, covering the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations, laboratory and imaging studies, and clinically useful diagnostic tests. Clinical experts Dr. Andrew E. Budson and Dr. Paul R. Solomon offer guidance on making accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence.

The book incorporates real-world case studies, facilitating the management of both common and uncommon conditions. New chapters on Alzheimer’s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy provide up-to-date information on the latest research findings and treatment approaches.

Comprehensive Coverage of Key Topics

• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
• Primary age-related tauopathy (PART)
• Limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE)
• New criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy
• Current National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer’s Association criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment
• DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s disease

The book demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests, such as amyloid imaging scans (florbetapir, flutemetamol, and florbetaben), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as new tau scans.

Enhanced eBook Features

The enhanced eBook version, included with purchase, allows access to all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Additionally, it includes over two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features.

Publisher: Elsevier; Edition: 3rd; Release Date: May 20, 2021; Language: English; Pages: 336; ISBN-10: 0323795447; ISBN-13: 978-0323795449