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===[[Dementia]]===
*Degenerative 
**Alzheimer's disease 
**Huntington's disease 
**[[Parkinson's disease]]
*Vascular 
**Multiple infarcts 
**Hypoperfusion ([[MI]], profound hypotension) 
**[[Subdural hematoma]]
**[[SAH]]
*Infectious 
**[[Meningitis]] (sequelae of bacterial, fungal, or tubercular) 
**Neurosyphilis 
**Viral [[encephalitis]] (herpes, HIV), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
*Inflammatory 
**[[SLE]]
**Demyelinating disease
*Neoplastic 
**Primary tumors / metastatic disease 
**Carcinomatous meningitis 
**Paraneoplastic syndromes
*Traumatic 
**[[Traumatic brain injury]]
**[[Subdural hematoma]]
*Toxic 
**[[ETOH ]]
**Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
**Meds considered "never appropriate" in advanced dementia include, but still commonly used<ref>Tjia J et Al. Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit in Advanced Dementia. JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 08, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4103</ref>:
***Most common: Cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine hydrochloride, lipid lower agents, antiplatelet (except aspirin)
***Others: hormone antagonists, leukotriene inhibitors, cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunomodulators
*Metabolic 
**B12 or folate deficiency 
**[[Thyroid Disease]]
**Uremia
*Psychiatric 
**Depression (pseudodementia)
*Hydrocephalic 
**Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (communicating hydrocephalus) 
**Noncommunicating hydrocephalus