[WS3-23] Let’s Challenge! Making diagnosis in cognitively impaired patients.

Fri. May 17, 2019 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Room 9 (2F Room I)

Globally, older population is growing and the number of older persons in the world is projected to be 2.1 billion in 2050 by United Nations report. In this advanced aging society, family practitioners often encounter elderly patients with cognitive impairment. It is a vital skill of family practitioners to make correct diagnosis of cognitive impairment in eldery patients and initiate appropriate intial management. But often it is challenging when to order tests to rule out “treatable dementia” or to identify specific types of dementia even though you are able to tell it is “dementia”.
In this workshop, we would like to have group discussion of several cognitive impairment cases and make diagnosis of dementia type in each case. In each group, we will have a US board certified geriatricians as a facillitator. In this discussion, we will review; how to evaluate cognitive impairment by history and physical, as a primary care provider when and what kind of test we need to order for the diffrentiation of treatable dementia and how to differentiate dementia types in each case senario.
We are excited to see family medicine doctors from all over the world and let’s challenge the clinical scenario with us!

[WS3-23] Let’s Challenge! Making diagnosis in cognitively impaired patients.

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[WS3-23] Let’s Challenge! Making diagnosis in cognitively impaired patients.

[WS3-23] Let’s Challenge! Making diagnosis in cognitively impaired patients.

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