Modified Hachinski Score For Vascular Dementia
Modified Hachinski Score [comment memo="Calculates the likelihood dementia is due to vascular causes."] Findings: [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="abrupt"] <-- Abrupt onset [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="stepwise"] <-- Stepwise progression [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="fluctuating"] <-- Fluctuating course [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="nocturnal"] <-- Nocturnal confusion [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="personality"] <-- Relative preservation of personality [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="depression"] <-- Depression [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="somatic"] <-- Somatic complaints [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="emotional"] <-- Emotional incontinence [select value="false=0|TRUE=1" name="hypertension"] <-- History of hypertension [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="stroke"] <-- History of stroke [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="neuroSigns"] <-- Focal neurologic signs [select value="false=0|TRUE=2" name="neuroSymps"] <-- Focal neurologic symptoms Score: [calc value="score=(abrupt)+(stepwise)+(fluctuating)+(nocturnal)+(personality)+(depression)+(somatic)+(emotional)+(hypertension)+(stroke)+(neuroSigns)+(neuroSymps)" memo="Score"]/18 Interpretation: [calc value="score=(abrupt)+(stepwise)+(fluctuating)+(nocturnal)+(personality)+(depression)+(somatic)+(emotional)+(hypertension)+(stroke)+(neuroSigns)+(neuroSymps);score>6?'Dementia likely due to vascular causes':score>4?'Inconclusive':'Dementia not likely due to vascular causes'" memo="Interpretation"] [checkbox memo="display/hide references" name="footnotes" value=""][conditional field="footnotes" condition="(footnotes).is('')"] references: [link url="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7396427" memo="#1"] Rosen WG, Terry RD, Field PA, et al. Pathological verification of ischemic score in differentiation of dementias. Ann Neurol 1980;7:486–8. [link url="//www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0215/p703.html" memo="#2"] Early Diagnosis of Dementia, Am Fam Physician. 2001 Feb 15;63(4):703-714. [/conditional]
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