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Prevenção da demência com abordagens multimodais [PDF]

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 21, Issue S4, December 2025.
Abstract Background Dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease (AD), is a growing public health challenge with significant impacts on individuals and healthcare systems (CRIVELI, 2023). Prevention through multimodal strategies is essential to mitigate this epidemic (ROSENBER, 2020). The complexity of dementia requires approaches that simultaneously target
Juliana de Oliveira Alves
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Association between brain structure imaging and health factors in a low education cohort [PDF]

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 21, Issue S6, December 2025.
Abstract Background Dementia is rising globally, with a significant impact in Latin America. Low education has been associated with reduced cognitive reserve and structural brain changes, increasing vulnerability to neurodegeneration. However, the factors influencing these brain alterations remain an emerging area of research.
Gregory Brown, Diego Bustamante‐Paytan, José Carlos Huilca, Maria Fe Albujar‐Pereira, Katherine Aguero, Graciet Verastegui, Zadith Yauri, Pamela Bartolo, Daniela Bendezu, Karol Melissa Lipa‐Pari, Rosa Montesinos, Nilton Custodio   +11 more
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Practices and experiences of nursing staff delivering acute care for people with dementia in surgical–medical wards in Chile: qualitative study [PDF]

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to explore practices and experiences of nursing staff involved with care delivery to people with dementia in surgical–medical wards at public hospitals in Chile. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted through one‐on‐one semi‐structured interviews with 30 registered nurses and nursing technicians in two
Déborah Oliveira, Lucía Catalán, Agnieszka Bozanic, Victor Pedrero, Claudia Miranda‐Castillo, Paula Brun   +5 more
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A harmonized framework for studying exceptional cognitive aging in Latin America [PDF]

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Biological, genetic, and sociocultural factors underlying cognitive resilience and resistance to pathology remain unexplored in Latin America. The Life‐Course Epidemiology of Aging, Resilience, and Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease (LEARN‐AD) study and Latin American SuperAgers Study (LASAS) establish the first harmonized ...
Lucia Crivelli, Rodrigo Fernandez, Nicolas Corvalán, Ana Luisa Sosa, Daisy Acosta, Giulia Agnoletti, Ezequiel Surace, Issac Acosta, Paulo Caramelli, David Aguillón, Javiera Leniz Martelli, Lissette Duque Peñailillo, Nilton Custodio, Ana Charamelo, Andres Damian, Juan J. Llibre‐Rodriguez, Ricardo Allegri, Mathew Prina, Emily Rogalski, Laura Ibañez, Jorge J. Llibre‐Guerra   +20 more
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Influence of behavioral and psychological symptoms on caregiver burden for different types of dementia: clinical experience in Lima, Peru [PDF]

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 20, Issue S3, December 2024.
Abstract Background People caring of individuals with dementia are prone to suffering from burden. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) may have an impact on caregiver burden. In Latin American countries there is lack of research on caregiver burden. We aimed to determine which BPSD have the greatest impact on caregiver burden among
Rosa Montesinos, Belen Custodio, Marco Malaga, Diego Chambergo‐Michilot, Graciet Verastegui, Katherine Agüero‐Flores, Juan Alejos‐Zirena, Luis Andamayo‐Villalba, Wendy Seminario G, Nilton Custodio   +9 more
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Prevenção do defeito cognitivo e demência - Os factores de risco vascular

Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar, 2010
O declínio cognitivo e a demência aumentam com o envelhecimento. Por outro lado, os factores de risco vascular também são mais frequentes no indivíduo idoso.
Ana Verdelho
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Mini-Mental State Examination: Avaliação dos Novos Dados Normativos no Rastreio e Diagnóstico do Défice Cognitivo

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introdução: O Mini-Mental State Examination é o teste de rastreio de défice cognitivo/demência mais difundido. No nosso país têm-se utilizado pontuações de corte definidas por grupos de literacia, mas existem novas propostas sustentadas por estudos mais
Isabel Santana, Diana Duro, Raquel Lemos, Vanessa Costa, Miguel Pereira, Mário R. Simões, Sandra Freitas   +6 more
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Diabetes mellitus e hipertensión arterial en la progresión a deterioro cognitivo leve y demencia: una revisión de la literatura

Acta Neurológica Colombiana, 2021
INTRODUCCIÓN: La prevalencia de deterioro cognitivo leve (DCL) y demencia se ha descrito recientemente como alta en Colombia, debido al aumento de la población adulta mayor y a su baja escolaridad.
Luz Adriana Santamaría Ávila, José Javier González Arteaga, Olga Lucia Pedraza Linares, Fabio Alexander Sierra Matamoros, Cesar Arcadio Piñeros   +4 more
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Breast cancer surgery in older women: outcomes of the Bridging Age Gap in Breast Cancer study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), Volume 107, Issue 11, Page 1468-1479, October 2020., 2020
Age, ill health and frailty all influence surgical decision‐making for breast cancer. Breast cancer surgery is safe, with serious adverse events being rare and no mortality. However, surgery has a negative impact on quality of life and independence, which must be considered when counselling patients about choices.
J. L. Morgan, J. George, G. Holmes, C. Martin, M. W. R. Reed, S. Ward, S. J. Walters, K. Leung Cheung, R. A. Audisio, L. Wyld, Bridging the Age Gap Trial Management Team   +10 more
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Demência resultante de malformação vascular dural.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2001
A case of dementia can result from encephalopathy caused by venous hypertension, produced by a dural vascular malformation (DVM). The authors describe one tentorial DVM with sinusal venous drainage and retrograde reflux to the cerebral veins (type II ...
Z Magalhães, J R Pereira, A M Reis, S Pereira, A R Vaz   +4 more
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