A 71-year-old man is obese and has poorly controlled hypertension. The man states that while he has been a smoker since his teens, many of his peers have done likewise and still enjoy good health
Over the last 2 to 3 days, his wife has noted that he has become uncharacteristically forgetful and suspicious and he was found wandering outside his house last night. Which of the following health problems is his care team most likely to suspect? A) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
B) Alzheimer's disease
C) Wernicke encephalopathy
D) Vascular dementia
D
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The patient's risk factors, course, and symptoms are more characteristic of vascular dementia than Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Alzheimer's disease, or Wernicke encephalopathy.
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