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Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Management Handbook
Stage-by-Stage Coverage of Early Motor Signs, Non-Motor Complications, & Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorder Clinicians
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Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34806825
EAN: 9798186025672
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Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Fr, 30.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
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Beschreibung
Built for movement disorder clinicians, neurology trainees, and advanced-practice teams, this handbook connects Parkinson's disease biology to the decisions that define care: when a sign is diagnostic, when a symptom is medication-state dependent, when a complication changes the treatment goal, and when advanced therapy is appropriate. It moves from substantia nigra degeneration, alpha-synuclein pathology, basal ganglia circuitry, genetics, biomarkers, and neuroimaging into stage-based management of motor symptoms, non-motor complications, medication sequencing, DBS, pump-based therapy, and palliative care. - Diagnose early motor disease. - bradykinesia, rest tremor, rigidity, asymmetry, hypomimia, micrographia, and gait-initiation changes tied to criteria and mimic avoidance. - Separate Parkinson's disease from parkinsonism traps -. MDS diagnostic logic, red flags, atypical syndromes, drug-induced disease, vascular parkinsonism, and structural mimics. - Track progression without losing the patient. - MDS-UPDRS, Hoehn and Yahr staging, non-motor scales, medication diaries, and on/off documentation used as clinical tools rather than scorekeeping. - Manage fluctuations and dyskinesia. - wearing-off, delayed on, dose failure, rescue therapy, adjunctive medications, extended-release strategies, and medication simplification matched to timing. - Treat non-motor burden as core disease. - autonomic dysfunction, sleep disorders, cognition, psychosis, impulse-control disorders, pain, fatigue, dysphagia, and caregiver risk. - Select advanced therapy with target discipline. - levodopa responsiveness, DBS target selection, programming, pump-based delivery, device complications, and therapy-readiness limits. - Navigate late-stage care. - feeding, aspiration, hospitalization, hospice readiness, medication comfort goals, and dignity-centered palliative management. Use this reference to stage Parkinson's disease clearly, choose interventions deliberately, and support patients through every transition of care.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Conrad S. Collado MD
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 400