Breakthroughs in Neuro-Cognitive Disorders (Sep, 2016)

Breakthroughs in Neuro-Cognitive Disorders 2016 is organized by Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Medical Education and would be held on Sep 16, 2016 at Cleveland Clinic Administrative Campus, Beachwood, Ohio, United States Of America.

The targeted audience for this medical event basically for neurologists, psychiatrists, family practice and primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other allied health care professionals who treat patients with dementia.

Early and accurate diagnosis of dementia is an important component of a comprehensive plan to detect, diagnose, and manage the disease. However, dementia remains underdetected and sub optimally managed in primary and secondary care environments.

Objectives :

After completing this activity, participants will be able to do the following:
- Identify research advances relating to diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategies in Alzheimer disease.
- Discuss research advances for other dementia syndromes: Parkinsonian disorders, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, white matter diseases, autoimmune dementias and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
- Identify the present strategies for biomarker measurement in dementia and possible limitations to these measurements.
- Discuss treatment strategies for symptomatic issues related to dementia including agitation, depression, anxiety, sleep disruption, hallucination, and gait/balance.
- Compare the pros, cons, and costs associated with various imaging modes in dementia including MRI, FDG-PET, and amyloid imaging.
- Discuss implications of sports head injuries and concussion screening that can be used in the setting of organized sports.
- Summarize research on transcranial stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and potential prevention strategies.