Clinical practice guideline for dementia by clinical research center for dementia of South Korea

D. Ku Bon, Shin Gyeom Kim, Jun Young Lee, Kee Hyung Park, Joon Hyun Shin, Kwang Ki Kim, Young Chul Youn, Yung Min Lee, Chan Hyung Hong, Sang Won Seo, Duk L. Na, Sung Yoon Kim, Hae Kwan Cheong, Doh Kwan Kim, Jae Hong Lee, Sang Yun Kim, Byeong Kil Yeon, Soo Young Kim, Seol Heui Han

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Abstract

The Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea (CREDOS), a nation-wide clinical dementia research group, has prepared clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for dementia tailored to the Korean population. In this article, a summary of the CREDOS CPG is presented with the Korean and English version of full report included in the appendix. The CREDOS CPG in intended not only for psychiatrists and neurologists, but also internists, family physicians, and other primary care physicians involved in the prevention and early diagnosis of dementia. While our CPG for dementia mainly covers Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), it also includes mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and vascular MCI, which are currently known to be the preclinical stages of AD or VaD, respectively,with emphasis placed on early diagnosis. The CREDOS CPG aims to achieve the following goals by developing CPG for dementia: to establish evidencebased, objective and clear clinical standards for dementia; to improve the clinical decision-making process for patients with dementia; to provide scientific and systematic scales to aid in the work of dementia specialists; to suggest comprehensive and systematic healthcare services tailored to eachdementia subtype. The CREDOS CPG focuses on diagnosis and evaluation of clinical practiceavailable domestically, and provides useful concepts of dementia. Its emphasis is on etiologies and epidemiology, diagnostic criteria and evaluation, neuropsychological tests, behavioral and psychological symptoms, the activities of daily living, laboratory tests, and brain imaging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)861-875
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of the Korean Medical Association
Volume54
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Alzheimer disease
  • Clinical practice guideline
  • Clinical research center for dementia of South Korea
  • Dementia
  • Mild cognitive impairment

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