Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 3. Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment without dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment, no dementia, are emerging terms that encompass the clinical state between normal cognition and dementia in elderly people. Controversy surrounds their characterization, definition and application in clinical practice. In this article, we provide physicians with practical guidance on the definition, diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment, no dementia, based on recommendations from the Third Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, held in March 2006.

Methods

We developed evidence-based guidelines using systematic literature searches, with specific criteria for study selection and quality assessment, and a clear and transparent decision-making

SUBMITTER: Chertkow H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2335177 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature