Profile Of Patients With Advanced Parkinson's disease Suitable For Device-Aided Therapies: Restrospective Data Of A Large Cohort Of Romanian Patients.
József Attila SzászViorelia Adelina ConstantinKároly Orbán-KisAttila RáczLigia Ariana BancuDan GeorgescuJános SzederjesiIstván MihályAna-Mária FárrKrisztina KelemenTamás VajdaSzabolcs SzatmariPublished in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2019)
Patients with APD can have a variety of symptoms, and because symptoms and therapeutical efficacy can be manifested in many different combinations, it is not possible to decide using a single, rigid set of criteria which APD patient is eligible for DAT. Nevertheless, treating physicians should refer APD patients to a specialized movement disorder center when patients with an average daily dose of LD of at least 750-1000 mg and maximal complementary therapies present daily motor complications that significantly reduce the quality of life.