Episode 1: Parkinson’s Disease Part 1

northo60December 30, 2023February 2, 2024Geriatrics, Uncategorized

Written By: Christine Miller, COE Resident

Review By: Dr. Allison Nakanishi, Geriatrician

Hosts: Christine Miller, COE Resident & Hannah Dunnigan, Rural Family Medicine Resident

Art: as ever by Aikansha Chawla

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Useful Websites and Resources
Awakenings movie. Based on Oliver Sacks’s 1973 memoir Awakenings. Tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams), based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of L-DOPA in 1969.

PD podcasts (available through your favorite podcast app):
MDS Podcast
The Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson’s Podcast
The Parkinson’s Podcast
When Life Gives You Parkinson’s
2 Parkies in a Pod
The Parkinson’s Experience
The Parkinson’s Life

PD exam videos:
UCD Medicine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqKvajUC3k
Tremor exam in a PD patient, “Clinical Note: How I Examine My Patient”
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-parkinsons-disease/jpd150650
Strategies used by patients with Parkinson Disease to improve gait and mobility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmi1hYOnTHs
How Do I Examine Postural Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease? From the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice journal.
https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/23301619/homepage/mdc312457-sup-v001.htm

Scales:
MDS-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS)
https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/MDS-Rating-Scales/MDS-Unified-Parkinsons-Disease-Rating-Scale-MDS-UPDRS.htm
Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/MDS-Rating-Scales/Non-Motor-Symptoms-Questionnaire.htm
Non-Motor Symptoms Scale for Parkinson’s Disease https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/MDS-Rating-Scales/Non-Motor-Symptoms-Scale-for-Parkinsons-Disease-NMSS.htm?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo7KqBhDhARIsAKhZ4uj4ju5Wb2yHPIXLEIcol4RepzywKZbKxxbr7mNU2JUCU3eptEG1bxwaAg2PEALw_wcB
Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s disease- Autonomic Dysfunction https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/MDS-Rating-Scales/Scales-for-Outcomes-in-Parkinsons-disease—Autonomic-Dysfunction.htm
Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised: Parkinson’s Disease (ESAS-R: PD)
https://cdn-links.lww.com/permalink/cont/a/cont_2016_05_02_miyasaki_article4_sdc1.pdf

PD Med Calculators:
Optimal Calculator: Calculator 1: for patients who can have an NG Tube; Calculator 2: for patients who cannot have an NG Tube
http://parkinsonscalculator.com/index.html
PD “nil by mouth” medication dose calculator (website currently down)
http://pdmedcalc.co.uk/

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