Template:Dementia DDX: Difference between revisions

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Degenerative
- Alzheimer's disease
- Huntington's disease
- Parkinson's disease
Vascular
- Multiple infarcts
- Hypoperfusion (MI, profound hypotension)
- Subdural hematoma
- SAH
Infectious
- Meningitis (sequelae of bacterial, fungal, or tubercular)
- Neurosyphilis
- Viral encephalitis (HSV, HIV), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Inflammatory
- SLE
- Demyelinating disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis
Neoplastic
- Primary brain tumor / metastatic disease
- Carcinomatous meningitis
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
Traumatic
- Traumatic brain injury
- Subdural hematoma
Toxic
- ETOH
- Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
Metabolic
- B12 deficiency or folate deficiency
- Thyroid Disease
- Uremia
Psychiatric
- Depression (pseudodementia)
Hydrocephalic
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (communicating hydrocephalus)
- Noncommunicating hydrocephalus

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 *Vascular
 **Multiple infarcts
-**Hypoperfusion ([[MI]], profound hypotension)
+**Hypoperfusion ([[MI]], profound [[hypotension]])
 **[[Subdural hematoma]]
 **[[SAH]]
 *Infectious
 **[[Meningitis]] (sequelae of bacterial, fungal, or tubercular)
-**Neurosyphilis
+**[[Neurosyphilis]]
-**Viral [[encephalitis]] (herpes, HIV), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
+**Viral [[encephalitis]] ([[HSV]], [[HIV]]), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
 *Inflammatory
 **[[SLE]]
-**Demyelinating disease
+**Demyelinating disease (e.g. [[multiple sclerosis]]
 *Neoplastic
-**Primary tumors / metastatic disease
+**Primary [[brain tumor]] / metastatic disease
 **Carcinomatous meningitis
 **Paraneoplastic syndromes
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 *Toxic
 **[[ETOH ]]
-**Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
+**Meds ([[anticholinergics]], polypharmacy)
 *Metabolic
-**B12 or folate deficiency
+**[[B12 deficiency]] or [[folate deficiency]]
 **[[Thyroid Disease]]
 **Uremia