As demências rapidamente progressivas (DRPs) constituem um grupo heterogêneo de condições clínicas (neurodegenerativas, vasculares, infecciosas, imunomediadas, tóxicas, metabólicas, tumorais, psicogênicas) e cirúrgicas. Suas principais características são início e evolução rápidos, com com...
Chagas disease (CD) is an important cause of cardiomyopathy and stroke in Brazil. Brain infarcts and atrophy seem to occur independently of cardiomyopathy severity and cognitive impairment is under studied. Objective: Compare the prevalence of brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities between patien...
Pemphigus vulgaris is a systemic auto-immune medical condition that mainly manifests with changes in skinand vasculopathy. This is a case report of a 69-year-old male with confirmed histopathologic diagnosis of Pemphigus vulgaris presenting ulterior Cognitive Impairment, mostly in executive function. The...
ABSTRACT. During normal aging there are some cognitive and behavioral changes similar to those observed in a transitional state or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early onset dementia, making it challenging for health care professionals to reach an accurate and reliable diagnosis. Objective: The curr...
To report on four new cases of severe cognitive impairment in the early stages of multiple sclerosis(MS) and to review data on the subject since few cases have been reported world wide. Methods: Retrospective evaluationof medical records of patients with severe cognitive impairment within the first five ...
General internists (GIs) tend to overlook cognitive impairment in the elderly. Lack of time to diagnose and/or poor knowledge on how to use screening instruments may be the reasons for this shortcoming. Objectives: To verifythe efficacy of simple instruments in the screening of cognitive impairment in el...
La memoria es uno de los procesos psicológicos más importantes en el desarrollo humano, ya que juega un papel esencial en el aprendizaje y en consecuencia en la realización de muchas de las actividades de la vida diaria; razón por la cual, el compromiso de esta facultad es considerada una de las alte...
Enfermedad de Alzheimer,
Memoria,
Necesidades y Demandas de Servicios de Salud,
Pacientes,
Lesiones Traumáticas del Encéfalo,
Juego e Implementos de Juego,
Heridas y Lesiones,
Actividades Cotidianas,
Calidad de Vida,
Demencia,
Disfunción Cognitiva,
Aprendizaje
In 2005, the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology published recommendations for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease These recommendations were updated following a review of evidence retrieved from national and international studies held on PUBMED, ...
Judgment is the capacity to make decisions after considering available information, contextual factors, possible solutions and probable outcomes. Our aim was to investigate previous research studies regarding assessment of judgment in older adults with different degrees of cognitive impairment. To this e...
