Fast facts
Subtitle: Parkinson's disease
By: K. Ray Chaudhuri and Victor S.C. Fung
Contributors: Fung, Victor S. C., author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Fast facts; Fast facts
Publisher: National Book Network International
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781910797211; 9781910797228; 9781908541932
Subjects: Parkinson's disease; Maladie de Parkinson; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; General; MEDICAL; Clinical Medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine; Internal Medicine
Other titles: Parkinson's disease
Description: With the patient's experience at its core, Fast Facts: Parkinson's Disease takes the non-specialist through the patient's Parkinson's journey from unexplained prodromal symptoms to palliative support.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; About the Authors; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; 1 The Parkinson's journey; Prodromal Parkinson's disease; Diagnosis; Early-stage stable Parkinson's disease; Mid-stage unstable Parkinson's disease; Advanced Parkinson's disease; 2 Epidemiology, pathophysiology and genetics; Epidemiology; Pathology; Pathophysiology; Risk factors; Genetics; 3 Diagnosis; Early motor and non-motor indicators; Symptoms and signs; New diagnostic criteria; Confirmation of diagnosis; Referral and 'shared care'; 4 Drug treatment; History; Levodopa; Dopamine agonists; title: Side effects of dopamine agonistsCatechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitors; Monoamine oxidase B inhibitors; Anticholinergics; Other drugs; When to initiate treatment; Choice of treatment; Neuroprotection; Treatment of non-motor symptoms; 5 Neurosurgery; History; Which patients require surgery?; Lesional surgery; Deep brain stimulation; Nerve-cell transplantation; Glial cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor; Platelet-derived growth factor; Retinal cell transplantation; 6 Other therapies and support; Ongoing support; Diet; Bladder symptoms; Skin care; Sexual problems; title: Palliative (not terminal) care7 Long-term complications; Motor fluctuations; Dyskinesias; Dementia; Depression and anxiety; Apathy; Psychosis; Sleep disorders; Autonomic problems; Sensory problems; Declaration of non-motor symptoms; 8 Other parkinsonian syndromes; Drug-induced parkinsonism; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Multiple system atrophy; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration; Parkinsonism in young adults; Hemiparkinsonism hemiatrophy syndrome; Neuroacanthocytosis; Secondary parkinsonism; 9 Developments; New medicines in development; Gene therapy