Brain health: the importance of recognizing cognitive impairment: an IAGG consensus conference.

摘要: Cognitive impairment creates significant challenges for patients, their families and friends, clinicians who provide health care. Early recognition allows diagnosis appropriate treatment, education, psychosocial support, engagement in shared decision-making regarding life planning, care, involvement research, financial matters. An IAGG-GARN consensus panel examined the importance of early impaired cognitive health. Their major conclusion was that case-finding by physicians professionals is an important step toward enhancing brain aging populations throughout world. This keeping with position United States' Centers Medicare Medicaid Services reimburses detection as part Annual Wellness Visit international call a patient's right. The agreed on following specific findings: (1) validated screening tests are available take 3 to 7 minutes administer; (2) combination patient- informant-based screens most approach identifying impairment; (3) may have treatable components; (4) emerging data support medical lifestyle interventions potential way delay or reduce decline.