title: [Diagnostics and differential diagnostics of dementia from the view of internal medicine--geriatrics: hazards of the false positive diagnose].
abstract: Psychosocial consequences and results of diagnosis of dementia are cited, and the risk of false positive misdiagnosis is stressed. We notice importance of multidimensional comprehensive approach and assessment. The list of most important causes of misdiagnosis of dementia as well as of the functional decompensation is presented with special focusing on delirium.
authors.affiliation: III. interní klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha. zdenek.kalvach@lf1.cuni.cz
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kalvach
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rychlý
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: K diagnostice a diferenciální diagnostice demencí z pohledu internisty--geriatra: úskalí falesnĕ pozitivní diagnózy.