title: Dementia: a systematic approach to identifying reversible causes.
abstract: The development of FAST is of great importance to clinicians in identifying possibly remediable complications of Alzheimer's disease and distinguishing them from the characteristic progression of the illness. Premature loss of speech in an otherwise uncomplicated Alzheimer's-type presentation should lead the clinician to strongly suspect focal cerebral pathology, especially cerebral infarction.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence