Reader response: Practice guideline update summary: Mild cognitive impairment: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Abstract

The updated American Academy of Neurology guidelines on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are essential both for clinical and research settings.1 Dramatic changes in the definition of MCI over recent decades require a more dynamic and on-limits attitude towards newly proposed diagnostic and treating methods, which leads to a few concerns that demand further explanation.