Post-stroke dementia – a comprehensive review

Post-stroke dementia (PSD) or post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) may affect up to one third of stroke survivors. Various definitions of PSCI and PSD have been described. We propose PSD as a label for any dementia following stroke in temporal relation. Various tools are available to screen and assess cognition, with few PSD-specific instruments. Choice will depend on purpose of assessment, with differing instruments needed for brief screening (e.g., Montreal Cognitive Assessment) or diagnostic formulation (e.g., NINDS VCI battery). A comprehensive evaluation should include assessment of pre-stroke cognition (e.g., using Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly), mood (e.g., using…

• MU
  McGill University
• UD
  Université de Lille
• IN
  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

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• RU
  Radboud Universiteit
• PN
  Pusan National University
• GU
  Gachon University
• HU
  Hallym University
• IU
  Inha University
• SU
  Sungkyunkwan University
• TA
  Tel Aviv University
• JG
  Jewish General Hospital
• RU
  Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
• HU
  Hallym University Medical Center
• CH
  Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille
• S
  Samsung
• LD
  Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
• NC
  NIH Clinical Center