Causes of dementia (mnemonic)
The causes of dementia can be remembered using the mnemonic:
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Mnemonic
- V: vascular, vitamin deficiency: B1, B6, B12, folate
- A: Alzheimer disease, autoimmune: cerebral vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus
- N: normal pressure hydrocephalus, neoplasia
- I: infection, e.g. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, herpes simplex encephalitis, prion diseases, tertiary syphilis, HIV/AIDS, PML
- S: substance abuse, serum abnormalities e.g. hyperammonemia, uremia, Wilson disease
- H: hormones: hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism
- E: electrolyte disturbances: e.g. hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia etc.
- D: depression (pseudodementia)
Siehe auch:
Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Typen der Demenz:
