 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 F03.087.400
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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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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1988 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2011 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2014 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2015 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Mehta N, Rodrigues C, Lamba M, Wu W, Bronskill SE, Herrmann N, Gill SS, Chan AW, Mason R, Day S, Gurwitz JH, Rochon PA. Systematic Review of Sex-Specific Reporting of Data: Cholinesterase Inhibitor Example. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct; 65(10):2213-2219.
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Tjia J, Reidenberg MM, Hunnicutt JN, Paice K, Donovan JL, Kanaan A, Briesacher BA, Lapane KL. Approaches to Gradual Dose Reduction of Chronic Off-Label Antipsychotics Used for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia. Consult Pharm. 2015 Oct; 30(10):599-611.
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Heneka MT, Fink A, Doblhammer G. Effect of pioglitazone medication on the incidence of dementia. Ann Neurol. 2015 Aug; 78(2):284-94.
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Forrester SN, Gallo JJ, Smith GS, Leoutsakos JM. Patterns of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Feb; 24(2):117-25.
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Givens JL, Jones RN, Mazor KM, Prigerson HG, Mitchell SL. Development and psychometric properties of the family distress in advanced dementia scale. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Sep 1; 16(9):775-80.
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Tjia J, Briesacher BA. Inappropriate drug use in advanced dementia—reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb; 175(2):315-6.
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Bonner AF, Field TS, Lemay CA, Mazor KM, Andersen DA, Compher CJ, Tjia J, Gurwitz JH. Rationales that providers and family members cited for the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing home residents with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Feb; 63(2):302-8.
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Leoutsakos JM, Forrester SN, Lyketsos CG, Smith GS. Latent Classes of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in NACC Controls and Conversion to Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015; 48(2):483-93.
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Tjia J, Cutrona SL, Peterson D, Reed G, Andrade SE, Mitchell SL. Statin discontinuation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Nov; 62(11):2095-101.
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Tjia J, Briesacher BA, Peterson D, Liu Q, Andrade SE, Mitchell SL. Use of medications of questionable benefit in advanced dementia. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Nov; 174(11):1763-71.
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