Multi-Infarct
Dementia (MID)
Diagnostic
Criteria
- Impairment
in short- and long-term memory
- At least
1 of the following:
- Impairment
in abstract thinking
- Impaired
judgment
- Other disturbances
of higher cortical function
- Personality
change
- Memory impairment
and intellectual impairment caused significant social and occupational
impairments
- Absence of
occurrence exclusively during the course of Delirium
- Stepwise
deteriorating course with "patchy" distribution of deficits
- Focal neurologic
signs and symptoms
- Evidence
of repeated "strokes"
Associated
Features
- Learning
Problem
- Dysarthria/Involuntary
Movement
- Hypoactivity
- Psychotic
- Depressed
Mood
- Somatic/Sexual
Dysfunction
- Hyperactivity
- Sexually
Deviant Behavior
- Odd/Eccentric/Suspicious
Personality
- Anxious/Fearful/Dependent
Personality
- Dramatic/Erratic/Antisocial
Personality
Differential
Diagnosis
A single stroke;
Primary Degenerative Dementia of the Alzheimer Type.
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