 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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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 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 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Green AR, Reifler LM, Boyd CM, Weffald LA, Bayliss EA. Medication Profiles of Patients with Cognitive Impairment and High Anticholinergic Burden. Drugs Aging. 2018 03; 35(3):223-232.
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Kim AE, Kang P, Bucelli RC, Ferguson CJ, Schmidt RE, Varadhachary AS, Day GS. Autoimmune Encephalitis With Multiple Autoantibodies: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Neurologist. 2018 Mar; 23(2):55-59.
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Harrison SL, Kouladjian O'Donnell L, Milte R, Dyer SM, Gnanamanickam ES, Bradley C, Liu E, Hilmer SN, Crotty M. Costs of potentially inappropriate medication use in residential aged care facilities. BMC Geriatr. 2018 01 11; 18(1):9.
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Sturm AS, Trinkley KE, Porter K, Nahata MC. Efficacy and safety of atypical antipsychotics for behavioral symptoms of dementia among patients residing in long-term care. Int J Clin Pharm. 2018 Feb; 40(1):135-142.
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Piggott CA, Zimmerman S, Reed D, Sloane PD. Development and Testing of a Measure of Caregiver Confidence in Medical Sign/Symptom Management. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2017 Nov; 32(7):373-381.
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Kryscio RJ, Abner EL, Caban-Holt A, Lovell M, Goodman P, Darke AK, Yee M, Crowley J, Schmitt FA. Association of Antioxidant Supplement Use and Dementia in the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium Trial (PREADViSE). JAMA Neurol. 2017 05 01; 74(5):567-573.
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Clem MA, Holliday RP, Pandya S, Hynan LS, Lacritz LH, Woon FL. Predictors That a Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment Will Remain Stable 3 Years Later. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2017 03; 30(1):8-15.
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Tripodis Y, Alosco ML, Zirogiannis N, Gavett BE, Chaisson C, Martin B, McClean MD, Mez J, Kowall N, Stern RA. The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury History with Loss of Consciousness on Rate of Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults with Normal Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017; 59(1):251-263.
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