Search for dissertations about: "Organic dementia"
Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Organic dementia.
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6. Histopathological and immunocytochemical studies in age-associated dementias : the importance of rigorous histopathological criteria for classification of progressive dementia disorders
Abstract : Dementia is an age-associated organic brain disorder, recognizable by the essential features of psychological or behavioral abnormality associated with permanent dysfunction of the brain interfering with social and occupational functioning.There are two clinical and three histopathological forms of dementia 1) primary degenerative dementia, (PDD), or Alzheimer's dementia/Senile dementia of Alzheimers type (AD/SDAT) which is associated with clinical features of uniform progression and insidious onset of symptoms and histopathologically i- dentified by the occurrence of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and senile/neuritic plaques (SP/NP) in various cortical and subcor- tical regions; 2) vascular dementia, or multi-infarct dementia (MID), which is associated with clinical features of stepwise progress and patchy distribution of deficits, and histopathologically identified by the occurrence of multiple large and/or small haemorrhagic and/or ischaemic infarcts in various cortical and subcortical regions and 3) intermediate form of dementia or "mixed” ("combined") dementia (AD-MID), which is histopatho- logically associated with the coexistance of symptoms and lesions observed in AD/SDAT and MID, and clinically referred to the MID group. READ MORE
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7. Acute Confusional State in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Identification of risk factors and intervention using a prehospital and perioperative management program
Abstract : Abstract The overall aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about underlying causes and perioperative risk factors of Acute Confusional State (ACS) in elderly patients with hip fracture and to investigate the effect of a multi-factorial intervention program in order to decrease the number of patients who develop ACS. The aim in paper I was to describe elderly patients with hip fracture on the basis of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ ASA classification system and to identify preoperative risk factors in relation to the postoperative outcome measured up to 4-months after surgery. READ MORE
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8. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in at-risk populations and preclinical Alzheimer's disease
Abstract : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. One of the earliest and most distinct features of AD is memory loss, followed by difficulties in learning and a decline in cognitive abilities. READ MORE