Summary of the recommendations of the EFNS/MDS-ES review on therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease

J J Ferreira; R Katzenschlager; B R Bloem; U Bonuccelli; D Burn; G Deuschl; E Dietrichs; G Fabbrini; A Friedman; P Kanovsky; V Kostic; A Nieuwboer; P Odin; W Poewe; O Rascol; C Sampaio; M Schüpbach; E Tolosa; C Trenkwalder; A Schapira; A Berardelli; W H Oertel

doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03866.x

Summary of the recommendations of the EFNS/MDS-ES review on therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease

Eur J Neurol. 2013 Jan;20(1):5-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03866.x.

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

PMID: 23279439
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03866.x

Abstract

Objective: To summarize the 2010 EFNS/MDS-ES evidence-based treatment recommendations for the management of Parkinson's disease (PD). This summary includes the treatment recommendations for early and late PD.

Methods: For the 2010 publication, a literature search was undertaken for articles published up to September 2009. For this summary, an additional literature search was undertaken up to December 2010. Classification of scientific evidence and the rating of recommendations were made according to the EFNS guidance. In cases where there was insufficient scientific evidence, a consensus statement ('good practice point') is made.

Results and conclusions: For each clinical indication, a list of therapeutic interventions is provided, including classification of evidence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
Disease Management*
Europe
Evidence-Based Medicine
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Parkinson Disease / diagnosis*
Parkinson Disease / therapy*