Which Mini-Mental State Exam Items Can Be Used to Screen for Delirium and Cognitive Impairment?

Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease; Comparison of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Background & Objective:  Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transient state between normal condition and dementia. Available data indicates that coronary artery diseases (CAD) may increase the risk of MCI. Hence, the early detection of MCI can prevent the progression of cognitive decline. Materials & Methods:  A sample of 65 subjects with degrees of CAD was enrolled to the study. For cogniti...

Using the Oxford Cognitive Screen to Detect Cognitive Impairment in Stroke Patients: A Comparison with the Mini-Mental State Examination

Background The Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) was recently developed with the aim of describing the cognitive deficits after stroke. The scale consists of 10 tasks encompassing five cognitive domains: attention and executive function, language, memory, number processing, and praxis. OCS was devised to be inclusive and un-confounded by aphasia and neglect. As such, it may have a greater potential...

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Can the Child Behavior Checklist be used to screen for motor impairment?

AIM It has been suggested that one approach to identifying motor impairment in children is to use the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) as a screening tool. The current study examined the validity of the CBCL in identifying motor impairment. METHOD A total of 398 children, 206 females and 192 males, aged from 3 years 9 months to 14 years 10 months were assessed on the McCarron Assessment of Neu...

Can hair be used to screen for breast cancer?

EDITOR—The use of hair as a biopsy tissue has been considered for some time. For instance, in the case of breast cancer, raised zinc levels in head hair have been reported. 1 Besides, x ray diVraction patterns of hair are rich and have attracted much attention for 70 years. 2 However, its potential use as a diagnostic indicator of disease was only suggested a short time ago. 3 Most recently, Ja...