DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH DYSCIRCULATORY ENCEPHALOPATHY Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B5/16 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: present invention refers to medicine, namely neurology, and may be used for the quantitative assessment of the cognitive function disorders. The patients suffering dyscirculatory encephalopathy are examined for praxis, gnosis, memory status, speech, attention and mentality by image brick test representing four small bricks sides of which shows parts of those characters to be further collected. The tasks are performs as follows: to name six objects on the pictures; to collect six topics on the picture; all the topics shall be collected in a sequence on the picture; to count the collected characters and bricks used to collect each picture. The patient shall name the collect objects 20 minutes later and assess the correctness of each task within the range of 0 to 6 points. Each task occurred to be correct makes 1 point; total score is calculated taking into account the time for tasks 1-4 that normally makes 35-40 seconds; if longer, 2 points is deducted from total score. If total score falling within the range of 32 to 34 point enables stating the cognitive disorders to be absent completely; total score being 29 to 31 shows the presence of the mild cognitive disorders, while total score 28 to 24 testifies to the moderate disorders, and the values less than 23 require stating the evident disorders.

EFFECT: technique enables providing higher diagnostic cognitive disorders in the patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy and judging the presence or absence of the same.

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