Evaluation and management of oropharyngeal dysphagia in different types of dementia: a systematic review

K Alagiakrishnan, RA Bhanji, M Kurian - Archives of gerontology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Dysphagia, or swallowing impairment, is a growing concern in dementia
and can lead to malnutrition, dehydration, weight loss, functional decline, and fear of eating …

Sexually inappropriate behaviour in demented elderly people

K Alagiakrishnan, D Lim, A Brahim… - Postgraduate …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Aim To determine the prevalence, aetiology, and treatment profile of abnormal sexual
behaviour in subjects with dementia in psychogeriatric practices. Methods A retrospective cross …

[HTML][HTML] Montreal Cognitive Assessment is superior to Standardized Mini-Mental Status Exam in detecting mild cognitive impairment in the middle-aged and elderly …

K Alagiakrishnan, N Zhao, L Mereu, P Senior… - BioMed research …, 2013 - hindawi.com
Aim. This study compares the usefulness of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to
Standardized Mini-Mental Status Exam (SMMSE) for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) …

Role of vascular factors in osteoporosis

K Alagiakrishnan, A Juby, D Hanley… - The Journals of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Osteoporosis is a silent epidemic in the world today. With the increase in the elderly population,
there will be an increase in the prevalence of osteoporosis, and so the need for focused …

Gut microbes in neurocognitive and mental health disorders

T Halverson, K Alagiakrishnan - Annals of Medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction As individuals age, the prevalence of neurocognitive and mental health disorders
increases. Current biomedical treatments do not completely address the management of …

[HTML][HTML] Antidiabetic drugs and their potential role in treating mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

K Alagiakrishnan, S Sankaralingam… - Discovery …, 2013 - discoverymedicine.com
The incidence of both diabetes mellitus (DM) and dementia increases with aging and the
incidence of dementia are higher in people with diabetes. Epidemiological and pathological …

Cognitive decline in heart failure

K Alagiakrishnan, D Mah, A Ahmed, J Ezekowitz - Heart failure reviews, 2016 - Springer
Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in older adults with heart failure (HF). The prevalence
of CI is higher among patients with HF than in those without. The spectrum of CI in HF is …

Orthostatic hypotension. A primary care primer for assessment and treatment.

A Sclater, K Alagiakrishnan - Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2004 - europepmc.org
Orthostatic hypotension (OH), defined as a decline in blood pressure when a person moves
from a supine to sitting or standing position, is a common physical finding in the primary care …

Update on diastolic heart failure or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the older adults

K Alagiakrishnan, M Banach, LG Jones, S Datta… - Annals of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Nearly half of all heart failure (HF) patients have diastolic HF (DHF) or clinical HF with normal
or near-normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Although the terminology has not …

Impairment of activities of daily living and incident heart failure in community‐dwelling older adults

…, X Sui, SN Blair, K Alagiakrishnan… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) are tasks that are necessary for independent
community living. These tasks often require intact physical and cognitive function, the …