Extended book review: Transnational trade unionism: dream and reality

Book review of : Reiner Tosstorff, The Red International of Labour Unions (RILU), 1920–1937, Leiden: Brill, 2016; 918 pp.: ISBN 9789004236646, (hbk); Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books, 2018; 918 pp.: ISBN 9781608468164, (pbk

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Left out of Europe?

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Making flexibility work

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MAGD Trial-Memantine for Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia

Dementia is increasing with current global level of 35 million people (AD International 2010). Behavioural disturbance is common with prevalence levels of 20-80% according to setting and stage of disease (Ballard et al 2009). Agitation and aggression are two of the most problematic. Non medication approaches are first line and have efficacy but medication may still have to be used. Medication has very limited evidence of efficacy e.g.cholinesterase inhibitors (Howard et al 2008) or potential harm e.g. antipsychotics (Ballard et al 2009). The Memantine cochrane reported agitation/aggression, irritability/lability and psychosis possibly reduced. OBJECTIVE: Does memantine improve agitation in dementia DESIGN: Double blind randomized placebo controlled trial SETTING: Nursing Homes PARTICIPANTS: 153 patients with Alzheimer’s dementia INTERVENTION: Memantine vs placebo MEASUREMENTS: Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI), Neuro-Psychiatric Inventory (NPI), Severe Impairment Battery (SIB), Quality of Life-AD (QOL-AD