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1
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What is the annual incidence of PD?

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1/8000

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What is the prevalence of PD?

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1/800

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What percentage of over 65s are affected by PD?

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1%

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What is the median age of onset of PD?

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60

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What is roughly the time from PD disease onset to death?

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15 years

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What is the classical pathology of PD? Be specific

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Loss of pigmented neurons in ventrolateral tier of SNPC with alpha synuclein inclusions in surviving nigral neurons (Lewy Bodies)

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What percentage of PD cases present before age 45?

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Roughly 15%

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How much more likely are non-smokers to get PD than smokers?

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Twice as likely

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What is the major environmental toxin linked loosely to a PD like picture?

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MPTP

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9 major iatrogenic (drug) causes of Parkinsonism?

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Antipsychotics
Prochlorperazine 
Metaclopramide 
Several CCBs
Amiodarone
Valproate
Lithium
Ciclosporin
Chloroquine
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5 major degenerative differentials for PD?

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PSP
MSA
Vascular Parkinsonism - diffuse subcortical white matter ischaemia
DLB
Acute vascular Parkinsonism
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What are the 4 key diagnostic features of PD?

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Fatiguable bradykinesia with slowing of initiation of movements
Postural instability
Rigidity
Coarse, slow resting tremor (pill rolling)

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What are the 4 major differentials for the PD rest tremor?

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Severe essential
Holmes tremor/rubral tremor
Dystonic tremor
Neuropathic tremor

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How might rigidity in early PD manifest as a complaint?

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Muscle stiffness and aching discomfort

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How would you describe the rigidity in PD?

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Lead pipe

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What early complaints might be heard in PD?

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Difficulty with fine motor - doing up buttons, stirring, wiping, brushing teeth, getting things out of pockets…
Muscle aches and stiffness
Dragging or slowness of a limb
Tremor

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What defines early onset in PD?

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Less than 40 (/45)

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What prodromal features of PD may be seen?

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Major depressive illness or stress may unmask
Fatigue
Bradykinesia, mental inflexibility
Autonomic Sx
Frozen shoulder, low back pain (?due to mobility problems)
REM sleep behaviour disorder
Anosmia

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What is Braak’s hypothesis?

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That PD begins in the peripheral autonomic system, olfactory bulb and dorsal nucleus of vagus before spreading rostrally in a prion like mechanism

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What is the name of the hypothesis that PD starts in the autonomic and olfactory system?

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Braak’s hypothesis

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What autonomic Sx may be seen early in PD?

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Thermodysregulation
Dribbling saliva e.g. At night onto pillow
Colonic motility disturbance and constipation
Erectile dysfunction

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What does vertical saccadic slowing suggest in the context of Parkinsonism?

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PSP

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What does delay in initiation of vertical saccades in the context of Parkinsonism suggest?

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CBD

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What do horizontal square wave jerks and gaze evoked nystagmus suggest in the context of Parkinsonism?

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MSA

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How may speech differentiate types of Parkinsonism?

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Monotonous and quiet in PD
Growly and slow in PSP
Nasal and whining in MSA

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What eyelid signs may suggest PSP?

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Eyelid apraxia

Near-absent spontaneous blinking

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What should babinski signs in Parkinsonism without cervical spondylotic myelopathy/prev stroke make you think about?

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Is it MSA (maybe PSP)
Genetic pallidopyramidal syndrome e.g. Hallervorden-Spatz (PKAN) or another NBAI such as Kufor-Rakeb syndrome or PLA2G6 neuroaxonal dystrophy

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Why is lying and standing BP after 2 mins important in assessing PD?

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Postural hypotension of over 20 systolic may suggest increasing risk of falls if starting on dopaminergic meds

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What should significant orthostasis preceding Parkinsonism make you think about?

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Is it MSA-P

30
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What might be a useful way to distinguish between PD and essential tremor on exam?

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Get patient to hold arms/hands outstretched - latent interval of a few seconds before tremor appears in PD vs tremor present straight away in essential

31
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What is the possibly arbitrary definition of DLB?

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Dementia occurring within the first year of onset of Parkinsonism or before onset

32
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What rating scales may be useful in analysing disease response for PD especially early on?

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UPDRS (parts 2 and 3)

33
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What might make you reconsider a presumptive PD diagnosis?

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Poor response to therapy (750mg/day LDopa) at 4 months, having doubled dose at 3 months

34
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What constitutes a formal acute levodopa challenge?

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250mg of levodopa/benserazide with finger tapping and timed walking tests at baseline and 1 hour then 2 hours
With all PD meds stopped overnight beforehand and domperidone if nauseous

35
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What should be done for a bradykinetic-rigid predominant phenotype of presumed PD that hasn’t responded to initial LDopa therapy? Looking for what?

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MRI
Hot cross bun sign in pons, pontocerebellar atrophy, hyperintense putaminal rim on T2 - MSA
Midbrain and superior cerebellar peduncle atrophy (hummingbird/penguin sign) - PSP
Vascular Parkinsonism - subcortical white matter ischaemia and striatocapsular infarcts
Secondary Parkinsonism e.g. Basal ganglia calcification

36
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What might be a good investigation for predominantly tremulous patients with suspected PD?

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DAT scan, as normal DAT excludes PD

37
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2 important surgical causes of Parkinsonism?

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Supratentorial meningiomas

Communicating hydrocephalus

38
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What is the middle cerebellar peduncle sign and what does it suggest?

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Increased white matter T2 signal in middle cerebellar peduncle
With tremor, ataxia and Parkinsonism suggests fragile X premutation (FRXTAS) esp if FH/male patient

39
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What is ephedrone toxicity and what can it cause? Where is it a major problem?

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Subacute bradykinesia, severe dysarthria, dystonic posturing and walking and severe postural instability with backwards falls
Due to illicit ephedrone IV injection, made from sudafed (pseudoephedrine)
Big in Eastern Europe

40
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What is the initial maintenance dose of L dopa?

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50mg TDS

/62.5mg TDS if with a DDCI (carbidopa/benserazide)

41
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What is the max L dopa dose per day with aim to reduce long term side effects?

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600mg/day

42
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What is the main role of L dopa sparing agents?

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To avoid on-off phenomena and end of dose deterioration, and also peak dose choreoathetosis

43
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What is the best drug to reduce dyskinesias in PD?

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Amantadine

44
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What drugs might be useful for off-period dystonia in earlier onset PD patients?

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Anticholinergics

45
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Commonly used MAO-B inhibitors in PD?

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Selegiline

Rasagiline

46
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What are commonly used COMT inhibitors?

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Entacapone

Tolcapone

47
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What are commonly used dopamine agonists?

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Rotigotine - patch
Ropinerole
Pramipexole
Apomorphine

48
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What might be a reasonable starting drug for patients with mild motor disability only in PD?

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Rasagiline - a MAO-B inhibitor

49
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What are the 3 best methods of managing refractory motor fluctuations for PD?

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Apomorphine subcut administration
Duo-dopa - continuous intrajejunal L dopa administration through a gastrojejunostomy
DBS - usually bilateral STN

50
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Managing insomnia in PD?

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Nocturnal dopaminergic drug dose
Clonazepam
Low dose amitriptyline
Sleep hygiene

51
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Management of depression in PD?

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Noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors e.g. Duloxetine

Amitriptyline or nortryptiline

52
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Management of REM sleep behaviour disorder in PD?

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Melatonin

Clonazepam

53
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Management of daytime sleepiness in PD e.g. Due to dopamine agonist therapy?

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Modafinil

54
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Management of psychosis in PD?

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Reduce doses of antiPD drugs, consider clozapine quetiapine or Aripiprazole and cholinomimetics

55
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Management of constipation in PD?

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Macrogol - osmotic laxative

Faecal softeners

56
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Management of urinary urgency in PD?

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Bladder stabilisers e.g. Tolterodine, trospium

Desmopressin if nocturia

57
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Management of ED in PD?

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Sildenafil

58
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Management of rigidity/dystonia pain in PD?

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Clonazepam, Anticholinergics

59
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Management of restless legs in PD?

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Dopamine agonists

60
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Management of orthostatic hypotension in PD?

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Increase water and salt
Fludrocortisone
Ephedrine/midodrine

61
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Management of drooling in PD?

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Atropine eye drops sublingually (0.5%)

Botulinum toxin injections into salivary glands

62
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Management of excessive sweating in PD?

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Propranolol

Propantheline

63
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What is Stalevo?

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L dopa plus carbidopa plus entacapone

64
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What is madopar?

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Co-beneldopa

65
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What is sinemet?

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Co-careldopa

66
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What is azilect?

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Rasagiline

67
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What is a commonly used anticholinergic in PD?

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Trihexiphenidyl

68
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How is Parkin PD inherited?

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AR

69
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How does Parkin PD differ to idiopathic?

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More benign, with restricted SN lesion but not alpha synuclein
Early onset and slowly progressive with no Anosmia, leg presentation and common rest tremor

70
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How is LRRK2 PD inherited? What is the mutation? What about its penetrance?

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AD
G2019S
Incomplete penetrance but a susceptibility gene seen in sporadic PD fairly often

71
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How is LRRK2 different to Parkin PD?

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It is an alpha synucleinopathy so is more like IPD

72
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What percentage of PD patients get dementia by terminal stages/over 70 years?

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40%

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