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- Title
Are Parkinson's disease patients referred too late for device-aided therapies and how can better informed and earlier referrals be encouraged?
- Authors
Borovečki, Fran; Perković, Romana; Kovacs, Norbert; LeWitt, Peter A.; Bar, Monika Rudzinska; Katzenschlager, Regina
- Abstract
In the advanced Parkinson's disease, motor and non-motor symptoms become more severe and more difficult to treat. Oral therapy may become insufficient in controlling a patient´s motor complications, which results in a substantial deterioration of the patient's quality of life, ability to work and self-reliance. This is when device-aided treatments should be considered and offered, if suitable for a given patient. They include subcutaneous and intestinal infusion therapies, deep brain stimulation and, more recently, MRI-guided focussed ultrasound. Device-aided treatments should be offered in accordance with guidelines and treatment standardization. Also there is a need to ensure availability of treatment and education of patients and physicians.
- Subjects
PARKINSON'S disease; DEEP brain stimulation; INFUSION therapy; SUBCUTANEOUS infusions; PATIENT education; BRAIN stimulation
- Publication
Journal of Neural Transmission, 2023, Vol 130, Issue 11, p1405
- ISSN
0300-9564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00702-023-02680-z