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Dementia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dementia (meaning "deprived of mind") is a serious cognitive disorder. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury or progressive, resulting in long-term decline in cognitive functio...
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Dementia is a slow, progressive decline in mental function ... Physical activity relieves stress and frustration and thus can help prevent sleep problems and disruptive behavior, such as agitation and wandering. It also helps improve balance (and thus may help prevent falls) and helps keep the heart and lungs healthy.
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Propranolol for treatment of agitation in senile dementia. ... Agitated and disruptive behavior is a common complication of senile dementia. Therapy with antipsychotic and anxiolytic agents is ... Propranolol for treatment of agitation in senile dementia.Propranolol for treatment of agitation in senile dementia.
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Objective To investigate the possible correlations between depression in dementia and agitation in the morning by a prospective naturalistic study. Methods Data were collected from three independent nursing homes in an urban setting. ... Follow up study ; Senile dementia ; Depression ; Symptomatology ; Morning ; Agitation ;
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Nervous system diseases ; Central nervous system disease ; Cerebral disorder ; Degenerative disease ; Human ; Elderly ; Homes for the aged ; Clinical form ; Typology ; Senile dementia ; Behavioral disorder ; Agitation ;
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Davies P.: The neurochemistry of Alzheimer's disease in senile dementia. ... receptors in patients with endogenous depression and psychomotor agitation. ...
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Problem behaviors; Wandering, agitation, noisiness, restlessness, being out of bed at night ... Bachman DL, Wolf PA, Linn R, Knoefel JE, Cobb J, Belanger A, et al. Prevalence of dementia and probable senile dementia of the Alzheimer type in the Framingham Study. Neurology 1992;42:115-9.
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