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Does a specialist unit improve outcomes for hospitalized patients with Parkinson's disease?

OBJECTIVE: Suboptimal management of Parkinson's disease (PD) medication in hospital may lead to avoidable complications. We introduced an in-patient PD unit for those admitted urgently with general medical problems. We explored the effect of the unit on medication management, length of stay and...

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Autores principales: Skelly, Rob, Brown, Lisa, Fakis, Apostolos, Kimber, Lindsey, Downes, Charlotte, Lindop, Fiona, Johnson, Clare, Bartliff, Caroline, Bajaj, Nin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25264022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.09.015