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• Dementia
• Urinary Incontinence
• Falls

Dementia

GENERAL

Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Petersen RC. Essentials of the proper diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and major subtypes of dementia. Mayo Clin Proc 2003;78:1290-1308.

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Cumming JL. Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med 2004;351:56-57.

DEMENTIA IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Emre M. Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease: cause and treatment. Curr Opin Neurol 2004;17:399-404.

DEMENTIA IN CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Knopman DS. Dementia and cerebrovascular disease. Mayo Clin Pro. 2006;81(2):223-230.

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

Mallucci G, Collinge J. Update of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Current Opinion in Neurology. 2004;17:641-647.

LEWYBODY DEMENTIA

McKeith IG, Dickson DW, Lowe J, et al for the Consortium on DLB. Diagnosis and Management of Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Neurology 2005;65:1863-1872.

PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA

Mesulam MM. Primary Progressive Aphasia--A Language-Based Dementia. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1535-42.

TREATMENT OF NEUROPSHYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA

Sink KM, Holden KF, Yaffe K. Pharmacological treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. JAMA 2005;293(5):596-608.

Lee PE, Gill SS, Freedman M, Bronskill SE, Hillmer MP, Rochon PA. Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review. BMJ 2004;BMJ. 329(7457):75, 2004 Jul 10.

Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS , et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525-1538.

Urinary Incontinence

Norton P, Brubaker L. Urinary incontinence in women. The Lancet. 2006;367:57-67.

Dmochowski RR. Urinary incontinence: Proper assessment and available treatment options. J Women's Health. 2005;14(10):906-916.

Chue FM, Dmochowski RR. Pathophysiology of overactive bladder. Am J Med. 2006;119 (3A):3S-8S.

Erdem N, Chu FM. Manangement of overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence in the elderly patient. Am J of Med. 2006;119(3A)29S-36S.

Falls 

Tinetti ME. Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:42-49.

Tinetti ME. Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home. N. Engl J Med. 1997;337:1279-531.

Hanger HC, Ball MC, Wood LA. An analysis of falls in the hospital: Can we do without bedrails? JAGS. 1999;47:529-531.

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