Clinical diagnosis of Lewy body dementia.
Ajenthan SurendranathanJoseph P M KaneAllison BentleySally A H BarkerJohn-Paul TaylorAlan J ThomasLouise M AllanRichard J McNallyPeter W JamesIan G McKeithDavid J BurnJohn T O'BrienPublished in: BJPsych open (2020)
Our results show the pathway to diagnosis of DLB is longer and more complex than for non-DLB dementia. There were also marked differences between regions in the thresholds clinicians adopt for diagnosing DLB and also in the use of dopamine transporter imaging. For PDD, a diagnosis of dementia was delayed well beyond symptom onset and even treatment.