Subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia - syndromic approach: recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology
Jerusa Smid, Adalberto Studart‐Neto, Karolina Gouveia César‐Freitas, Márcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado, Renata Kochhann, Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa, Lucas Porcello Schilling, Márcio Luiz Figueredo Balthazar, Norberto Anízio Ferreira Frota, Leonardo Cruz de Souza, Paulo Caramelli, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci, Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves, Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Ricardo Nitríni, Elisa de Paula França Resende, Francisco Assis Carvalho Vale
Abstract
ABSTRACT This consensus, performed by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (BAN) will approach practically how to evaluate patients with cognitive complaints and how to clinically and etiologically diagnose the three clinical syndromes associated with the different stages of cognitive decline: subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia. This BAN consensus discusses SCD diagnosis for the first time, updates MCI and dementia diagnoses, recommends the adequate cognitive tests and the relevant etiological work-up and care of patients with cognitive decline at different levels of care within the Brazilian Unified Health System. We also review the main assessment instruments used in Brazil and Latin America.