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Cognitive Problems in the Elderly

Session #: 858-160
Presenter(s): Lisa Granville
Session Length: 1:00
Event: 2008 ACP Annual Session
Date: May 15-17, 2008

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Clinical questions to be addressed:

What is the evidence for the effectiveness of various drug treatments, and how are they best prescribed and monitored? Is there a time to discontinue them?
How is agitation best approached with medication and non-medication methods?
How can the experience of hospital care of dementia be improved?
How is delirium defined? How do we treat and prevent?
How common is it, and why do we still have trouble recognizing it?
What are some useful ways of identifying it in ICU and hospitalized patients?