
#268 Dementia Made Simple with Dr. Josh Uy
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Do You Use the Adenbrook Scale?
M m s e is much easier. It's probably best for moderate dimentia, because i think what you're pointing out is that it's moka is hard test. A lot of physicians don't even notice when a patient with dementia is anxious, depressed or having psychosis. So on a new patient visit, if i am doing a memory valuation, i will usually pare that with a gereatric depression scale to keep myself honest. And i will ask about mood and psychosis if i'm doing a dimentary valuation as well.
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