Assessment of clinical features and coexisting geriatric syndromes in newly diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies: a retrospective study in a tertiary geriatrics setting in Turkey

Comprehensive geriatric assessment is of value when diagnosing cognitive disorders in older patients and beyond

“…Geriatric syndromes appear to be particularly common in patients with DLB [2][3][4]. As demonstrated in the study by Naharchi and coworkers [5], some of the geriatric syndromes detected in newly diagnosed patients with DLB, namely falls, urinary incontinence and orthostatic hypotension, are listed as supportive clinical features for the diagnosis of probable and possible DLB [6]. Moreover, a large number of additional geriatric syndromes were identified including polypharmacy, depression, insomnia, malnutrition and functional impairment.…”