3.7
Movement Disorders
Malawi Standard Treatment Guidelines, 6th Edition, 2023. Chapter 3, Central Nervous System Conditions.
Clinical Description
Abnormalities of movement/initiation of movement, divided into those with reduction of movement (hypokinesia or bradykinesia), or those with excessive movements (hyperkinesia).
Complications and Referral Criteria
- To differentiate functional from organic disorders.
- Tardive dyskinesia.
- All complicated cases, i.e. patients with Parkinsonism, not responding to small doses of carbidopa/levodopa.
- Patients with Parkinsonism developing disease-, drug- or autonomic nervous system complications.
- Patients with myoclonus or chorea, not responding to therapy.
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