title: [Suspicion of Dementia but Normal Neuropsychological Screening--What Next?].
abstract: Dementia affects more and more people, affects their relatives and results in increasing costs, which is why Switzerland chose to put out a dementia awareness campaign which aims to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia. Thanks to early diagnosis, the frequency of hospitalisations is reduced and transfers to nursing homes are delayed. When screening tests end up being normal by patients with subjective memory disorder, early diagnosis can be difficult. The use of smell identification tests or other clinical signs could help the general practitioner to decide, which patients he has to refer for further investigations. The era of functional brain imaging and biomarkers has not yet come into being. For patients with suspected memory disorder and normal screening tests, the dialogue with the general practitioner is central for a competent and efficient follow-up of the patient.
authors.affiliation: 1 Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: Aymeric
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blaser
authors.affiliation: 1 Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goeldlin
authors.affiliation: 1 Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Streit
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008403:Mass Screening; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012985:Software Design; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Demenzverdacht; Kognitive Störung; Screening; cognitive disorders; screening; suspicion de démence; suspicion of dementia; troubles cognitifs