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Replacing Dogma With Data

Arch Neurol. 2000;57:170-171.

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INCONSISTENCY IN the diagnosis of vascular dementia has been recognized now for some years, but not of the magnitude reported by Erkinjuntti et al¹ and now confirmed by Chui et al.² The degree of inconsistency is not trivial: differences in the rate of diagnosis of vascular dementia among criteria are routinely several-fold in magnitude. Not only have Chui et al² re-emphasized this point, but they have also identified the probable reason. Despite a degree of overall similarity, the criteria themselves differ in particular respects. When tested by using computerized algorithms with yes/no branch points, the differences among the criteria exert a substantial effect on the final diagnosis, perhaps rather more than would have been the case if the criteria had been applied in standard clinical practice.

At first sight, a solution seems simple: the various sets of criteria should be disassembled into their component parts, and these parts should be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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