Abstract
US clinical practice guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or a related dementia (ADRD) are two decades old. This evidence-based guideline was developed to empower all clinicians to implement a structured approach for evaluating a patient with symptoms that may represent clinical AD/ADRD. An expert workgroup conducted a review of 7374 publications (133 met inclusion criteria) and developed recommendations as steps in an evaluation process. This summary briefly reviews core recommendations and details specialist recommendations of a high-quality, evidence-supported evaluation process aimed at characterizing, diagnosing, and disclosing the patient’s cognitive functional status, cognitive–behavioral syndrome, and likely underlying brain disease so that optimal care plans to maximize patient/care partner dyad quality of life can be developed; a companion article summarizes primary care recommendations. If clinicians use the recommendations in this guideline and health-care systems provide adequate resources, outcomes should improve in most patients in most practice settings.
Highlights
US clinical practice guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or related dementias (ADRD) are decades old and aimed at specialists.
This evidence-based guideline was developed to empower all—including primary care—clinicians to implement a structured approach for evaluating a patient with symptoms that may represent clinical AD/ADRD.
This summary focuses on recommendations appropriate for specialty practice settings, forming key elements of a high-quality, evidence-supported evaluation process aimed at characterizing, diagnosing, and disclosing the patient’s cognitive functional status, cognitive–behavioral syndrome, and likely underlying brain disease so that optimal care plans to maximize patient/care partner dyad quality of life can be developed; a companion article summarizes primary care recommendations.
If clinicians use this guideline and health-care systems provide adequate resources, outcomes should improve in most patients in most practice settings.
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This post is Copyright: Bradford C. Dickerson,
Alireza Atri,
Carolyn Clevenger,
Jason Karlawish,
David Knopman,
Pei‐Jung Lin,
Mary Norman,
Chiadi Onyike,
Mary Sano,
Susan Scanland,
Maria Carrillo | December 23, 2024