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ReviewThe Medical clinics of North America2020

Cognitive Impairment Evaluation and Management.

Lauren McCollum, Jason Karlawish

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Review in The Medical clinics of North America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lauren McCollumPenn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Ralston House, Penn Memory Center, ATTN: Maria Crudele, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2612, USA. Electronic address: laurenmccollum@gmail.com.
Jason KarlawishRalston House, Penn Memory Center, ATTN: Maria Crudele, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2612, USA; Division of Geriatrics, Penn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/jasonkarlawish.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinicians should use a systematic approach to evaluating patients presenting with a concern for cognitive impairment. This approach includes interviewing a knowledgeable informant and performing a thorough mental status examination in order to determine the presence of functional impairments and the domains of cognition that are impaired. The results of this interview and examination determine the next steps of the diagnostic work-up. The pattern of cognitive impairment shapes the differential diagnosis. Treatment should address symptoms, and environmental, psychological, and behavioral interventions are essential.

Indexed as

Neurocognitive DisordersNeuropsychological TestsAgedCognitionDiagnosis, DifferentialExecutive FunctionHumansPatient Care ManagementAlzheimer's diseaseDementiaMental status examinationMild cognitive impairmentNeuropsychiatric symptoms

Identifiers

PMID32773047
PMCPMC7416715

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