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espanolEl Deterioro Cognitivo Leve (DCL) es un estado transicional entre los cambios cognitivos del envejecimiento normal y un estadio temprano de la demencia. En la actualidad, el constructo deterioro cognitivo leve (DCL) se reconoce como una condicion patologica, no como un proceso normal asociado a la edad, y se utiliza especificamente para referirse a un grupo de individuos que presentan cierto grado de deficit cognitivo cuya severidad resulta insuficiente para cumplir criterios de demencia ya que no presentan un compromiso esencial en las actividades de la vida diaria. Como termino presenta numerosas controversias, al igual que lo hace la afirmacion de sus subtipos, siendo elevado el interes que ha suscitado en las ultimas decadas. Su diagnostico es dificil pese a ser muy importante, realizandose en el momento actual mediante pruebas neuropsicologicas e historia clinica. Es probable que en unos anos las pruebas con biomarcadores constituyan un aporte decisivo para este diagnostico. EnglishMild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a transitional condition between the cognitive changes of the normal aging and an early stadium of the dementia. At present, the concept Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is recognized as a pathological condition, not as a normal process associated with the age, and it is in use for recounting to a group of individuals who present certain degree of cognitive deficit which severity turns out to be insufficient to fulfill criteria of dementia since they do not present an essential commitment in the activities of the daily life. Since term presents numerous controversies as it is done by the affirmation of his subtypes, inside this entity us obstante there is raised the interest that it has provoked in the last decades. Nevertheless his diagnosis is difficult in spite of being very important, in the current moment it is realized by means of tests neurology-psychological and tells the history clinical. It is probable that in a few years you prove with biomarkers constitute a decisive contribution for this diagnosis. |
