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Memory Loss/Cognitive Impairment

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As the number of persons aged 65 years and older continues to rise, the need for appropriate assessment and treatment of memory complaints will become ever more important. Early identification of cognitive impairment and competency in its differential diagnosis is a skill that providers will need in their daily practice as delay in diagnosis can have significant social and economic implications. Understanding the continuum as it relates to memory from the normal physiologic changes associated with aging to the debilitating dementing processes, this section provides a framework for the initial evaluation, differential diagnosis, and management of patients with memory loss.

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  1. Department of Geriatrics, Palliative and Continuing Care, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center, 3000 S. Robertson Blvd. Suite 497, Los Angeles, CA, 90034, USA

    Jarrod A. Carrol MD

  2. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA, 90029, USA

    Zaldy S. Tan MD, MPH

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  1. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Elana Sydney

  2. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Eleanor Weinstein

  3. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Lisa M. Rucker

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Carrol, J.A., Tan, Z.S. (2018). Memory Loss/Cognitive Impairment. In: Sydney, E., Weinstein, E., Rucker, L. (eds) Handbook of Outpatient Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68379-9_35

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