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Review
. 2011 Feb;11(1):84-8.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-1-84.

Parkinson's disease in the acute hospital

Sion L Jones  1 , John V Hindle
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Review

Parkinson's disease in the acute hospital

Sion L Jones et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Feb.
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Management of the dysphagic Parkinson's disease (PD) patient. NBM = nil by mouth; NG = nasogastric; SLT = speech and language therapy. (Adapted from the Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist Association website).
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Maintaining Parkinson's disease (PD) drug therapy during perioperative period (not including patients with deep brain stimulation). NG = nasogastric.
Fig 3.
Fig 3.
Clinical features and management of the parkinsonism-hyperpyrexia syndrome. CK = creatine kinase; DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation. Reproduced with the kind permission of Dr Donald Grosset.
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