DLB Overview from UK Medical Professional Reference Website

Last week, I stumbled across a medical professional reference website for UK doctors.  The overview of Dementia with Lewy Bodies is pretty good.  These topics are addressed — pathogenesis, epidemiology, typical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, investigations, management, medication, prognosis, and references.  Though the language is technical, many within Brain Support Network will have no difficulty understanding the text.

Here’s a link to the webpage on DLB:

patient.info/doctor/dementia-with-lewy-bodies

Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Patient
Last Reviewed May 2014

For the diagnostic criteria, you can see the Brain Support Network website, brainsupportnetwork.org.

The best sections are management and medication.  Note in particular the list of non-pharmacological interventions.

Robin