Consenso Argentino para el diagnóstico de Diagnóstico de las demencias. Primera parte: introducción, metodología de trabajo, escenario actual y algoritmos diagnósticos
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Argentine Consensus on the Diagnosis of Dementia is an initiative of the Argentine Association of Biological Psychiatry (AAPB). The primary aim of this document was to develop an efficient tool for the early diagnosis of dementia, targeting both primary care physicians and specialists (neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, internists, and others). Over a five-month period (August–December 2024), followed by a brief update after the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC, Toronto, July 2025), a panel of 23 experts analyzed and discussed the most relevant and up-to-date evidence to establish a systematic diagnostic approach to dementia, with a particular focus on the most prevalent form in Western countries, Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The document is structured into three sections. The first describes the current global landscape of dementia, its distinction from normal aging, recent diagnostic criteria, and diagnostic algorithms for both primary care and specialist settings. The second addresses the diagnostic evaluation framework, including neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric assessment, biomarkers (laboratory, CSF, plasma biomarkers, neuroimaging, genetics), and functional evaluation. The third section provides an overview of the different types of dementia, their clinical features, and current diagnostic criteria, with particular emphasis on differential diagnosis.
Authors: Pablo M. Bagnati, Ricardo F. Allegri, Ignacio Demey, Gastón Bártoli, Yanina Bérgamo, Jorge Campos, Diego Castro, Patricio Chrem Méndez, Diana Cristalli, Cecilia Fernandez, Maria Laura Fernández, Juan Pablo García Lombardi, Janus L. Kremer, Nahuel Magrath Guimet, Juan Ollari, Emilia Osa Sanz, Galeno Rojas, Maria Julieta Russo, Diego Sarasola, Ezequiel Surace, Silvia Vazquez, Marcela Waisman Campos, Daniel Zuin
Institutions: Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de la Costa, Hospital Posadas, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Universidad Hospital Italiano, University of Toronto, University of California, San Francisco, Global Brain Health Institute, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Favaloro University, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Fundación Cerebro y Mente
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7120174422