Management of Advanced Therapies in Parkinson's Disease Patients in Times of Humanitarian Crisis: The COVID-19 Experience.
Alfonso FasanoAngelo AntoniniRegina KatzenschlagerPaul KrackPer OdinAndrew H EvansThomas FoltynieJens VolkmannMarcelo MerelloPublished in: Movement disorders clinical practice (2020)
Most of us were unprepared to deal with this condition given that in many health care systems, telemedicine has been only marginally available or only limited to email or telephone contacts. In addition, to ensure sufficient access to intensive care unit beds, most elective procedures (including deep brain stimulation or the initiation of infusion therapies) have been postponed. We all hope there will soon be a time when we will return to more regular hospital schedules. However, we should consider this crisis as an opportunity to change our approach and encourage our hospitals and health care systems to facilitate the remote management of chronic neurological patients, including those with advanced PD.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- deep brain stimulation
- ejection fraction
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- coronavirus disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- parkinson disease
- emergency department
- low dose
- patients undergoing
- patient reported outcomes
- brain injury
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- patient reported
- subarachnoid hemorrhage