Updated guidelines for the management of Parkinson's disease

Hosp Med. 2001 Aug;62(8):456-70. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.8.1621.

Abstract

New data on diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery and psychosocial concerns have emerged since the publication of the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Parkinson's Disease. This article reviews new data and addresses issues left unanswered in the previous guidelines.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors
  • Dementia / etiology
  • Dementia / therapy
  • Depression / diagnosis
  • Depression / etiology
  • Depression / therapy
  • Dopamine Agonists / therapeutic use
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Globus Pallidus / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnosis
  • Parkinson Disease / psychology
  • Parkinson Disease / therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Quality of Life
  • Thalamus / surgery
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors
  • Dopamine Agonists
  • Enzyme Inhibitors