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| Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Alistair Burns, Steve Iliffe |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7692, 21 February 2009 |
| Pages | pp 467-471 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | In the second of two articles about dementia, the authors focus on Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is the most common cause of dementia and affects about 6% of the population aged 65+ and increases in incidence with age. They review the diagnosis and medical management of Alzheimer's disease, relying where possible on evidence from randomised controlled trials. They searched Medline and Pubmed from 2006 to September 2008, previous work having been summarised in "Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care", joint dementia guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in 2006. They searched the Cochrane database (2008 version) for randomised controlled trials for drug treatment and psychosocial interventions. They used their own knowledge of the literature to select authoritative reviews to supplement these sources. This article is aimed at the non-specialist, and notes risk factors for Alzheimer's disease as well as suggesting additional educational resources. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090406211 A |
| Classmark | EA: 64A * |
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