Society guideline links: Parkinson disease

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately.

International

●International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS): Evidence-based medicine review – Update on treatments for nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (2019)

●MDS: Evidence-based medicine review – Update on treatments for the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (2018)

●MDS: Clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease (2015)

●MDS: Guidelines on diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (2012)

Canada

●Parkinson Canada: Canadian guideline for Parkinson disease, 2nd edition (2019)

United States

●Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS): Systematic review and evidence-based guideline on subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation for the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease – Executive summary (2018)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely use antipsychotics as first choice to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (2013, revised 2015)

●National Parkinson Foundation (NPF): Consensus-based clinical practice recommendations for the examination and management of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease (2014)

●American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Practice parameter – Initiation of treatment for Parkinson's disease: An evidence-based review (2002, reaffirmed 2005)

Europe

●European Academy of Neurology (EAN)/International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society-European Section (MDS-ES): Guideline on the treatment of Parkinson's disease – I. Invasive therapies (2022)

●European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)/MDS-ES: Recommendations for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (2013)

●EFNS/MDS-ES: Summary of the recommendations on therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease (2012)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for moderate to severe tremor in Parkinson's disease (2018)

●NICE: Quality standard on Parkinson's disease (2018)

●NICE: Guideline on Parkinson's disease in adults (2017)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Neurological Society (JNS): Guidelines for treatment of Parkinson's disease (2011)