"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Capturing the perspectives of African American informal dementia caregivers: a phenomenological study. Ethn Health. 2024 Aug; 29(6):579-596.
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Vascular mechanisms leading to progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia after COVID-19: Protocol and methodology of a prospective longitudinal observational study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0289508.
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Neuraxial versus general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery and the incidence of postoperative delirium: a systematic review and stratified meta-analysis. BMC Anesthesiol. 2023 07 22; 23(1):250.
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Dissemination of a successful dementia care program: Lessons to facilitate spread of innovations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 09; 70(9):2686-2694.
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Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration. Circulation. 2022 02; 145(5):392-409.
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The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Positive Dementia Screen in American Older Adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(10):2398-2404.
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Overwhelmed: a Dementia Caregiver Vital Sign. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(10):2469-2474.
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Participation of persons with dementia and their caregivers in research. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 07; 69(7):1784-1792.
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Utility of a short, telephone-administered version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 10; 69(10):2741-2744.
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Caregiver outcomes of a dementia care program. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr; 42(2):447-459.