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Table 3 Summary of the different features of cognitive disorders in Parkinson’s disease

From: Cognitive disorders in advanced Parkinson’s disease: challenges in the diagnosis of delirium

 

NMF (off)

NMF (on)

Delirium

PDD

Psychosis

Disturbance of alertness

+

+

+++

+

 

Disturbance of vigilance

+

 

+++

++

 

Disturbance of orientation

+

+

+++

++

 

Hallucinations

+

+

++

+

+++

Delusions

+

+

++

+

+++

Fluctuations

++

+++

++

+

 

Acute onset

+

++

+

 

+

  1. NMF, Non-motor fluctuations; PDD, Parkinson’s disease dementia; +, Occasional; ++, Often; +++, Usually