 Dementia
"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2006 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2012 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Holden SK, Sheffler J, Stewart R, Thompson S, Persson J, Finseth T, Sillau S, Kluger BM. Feasibility of Home-Based Neurologic Music Therapy for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Pilot Study. J Music Ther. 2019 Aug 13; 56(3):265-286.
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Green AR, Reifler LM, Bayliss EA, Weffald LA, Boyd CM. Drugs Contributing to Anticholinergic Burden and Risk of Fall or Fall-Related Injury among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Drugs Aging. 2019 03; 36(3):289-297.
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Mantri S, Fullard M, Gray SL, Weintraub D, Hubbard RA, Hennessy S, Willis AW. Patterns of Dementia Treatment and Frank Prescribing Errors in Older Adults With Parkinson Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2019 01 01; 76(1):41-49.
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Tandon A, Linnebur SA, Vejar MV. Identifying Cognitive Impairment in an Older Adult Using Two Different Screening Tools. Consult Pharm. 2018 Dec 01; 33(12):702-705.
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Betz ME, McCourt AD, Vernick JS, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ. Firearms and Dementia. Ann Intern Med. 2018 11 20; 169(10):740.
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Austin GL, Weiskopf JR, Czwornog JL. Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor Use With Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Cardiovascular Risk, and Renal Function. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2018 09; 52(8):691-695.
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Lind KE, Hildreth K, Lindrooth R, Morrato E, Crane LA, Perraillon MC. Effect of Medicare Part D on Ethnoracial Disparities in Antidementia Medication Use. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 09; 66(9):1760-1767.
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Perry W, Lacritz L, Roebuck-Spencer T, Silver C, Denney RL, Meyers J, McConnel CE, Pliskin N, Adler D, Alban C, Bondi M, Braun M, Cagigas X, Daven M, Drozdick L, Foster NL, Hwang U, Ivey L, Iverson G, Kramer J, Lantz M, Latts L, Maria Lopez A, Malone M, Martin-Plank L, Maslow K, Melady D, Messer M, Most R, Norris MP, Shafer D, Thomas CM, Thornhill L, Tsai J, Vakharia N, Waters M, Golden T. Population Health Solutions for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Patients. Clin Neuropsychol. 2018 Aug - Oct; 32(7):1193-1225.
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Betz ME, McCourt AD, Vernick JS, Ranney ML, Maust DT, Wintemute GJ. Firearms and Dementia: Clinical Considerations. Ann Intern Med. 2018 07 03; 169(1):47-49.
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Gavett BE, Fletcher E, Harvey D, Farias ST, Olichney J, Beckett L, DeCarli C, Mungas D. Ethnoracial differences in brain structure change and cognitive change. Neuropsychology. 2018 07; 32(5):529-540.
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