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EFNS GUIDELINES/CME ARTICLE EFNS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimers disease J. Horta,J.T.OBrienb, G. Gainottic, T. Pirttilad,, B. O. Popescue, I. Rektorovaf, S. Sorbig and P. Scheltensh on behalf of the EFNS Scientist Panel on Dementia Definitions of dementia and predementia states in Alzheimer's disease and vascular cognitive impairment: consensus from the Canadian conference on diagnosis of dementia Howard Chertkow 1 , 2 Email author , New Alzheimer's Guidelines and Dementia Diagnosis Up until the new 2018 Alzheimer's guidelines, doctors would use a number of clinical measures to diagnose dementia . These evaluation measures include a neurological exam, blood work, individual signs and symptoms, and PET scans. Run your practice effectively with these AAN resources, including coding, payment models, health technology, and patient education tools. Replaces "Practice Parameter for Diagnosis and Evaluation of Dementia (Summary Statement)" (November 1994). Management of Dementia Email guidelines dementia, diagnosis, guideline, management, recommendation, review, treatment Received 24 April 2012 Accepted 9 May 2012 Background and objectives: The last version of the EFNS dementia guidelines is from 2007. In 2010, the revised guidelines for Alzheimer's disease (AD) were pub-lished. Key points. New dementia guidelines include 109 recommendations in areas including treatment and diagnosis; The guidelines challenge the view that cognitive decline is a natural and inevitable A diagnosis of Alzheimer's is life changing for the person with the disease, as well as their family and friends, but information and support are available. No one has to face Alzheimer's disease or another dementia alone. Criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies adapted with permission from McKeith IG, Galasko D, Kosaka K, et al. Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy Background: The management of mild to moderate deme