EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
American Academy of Neurology Meeting (Treatment of ALS: Controversy and Consensus Seminar 2005)
1. END-OF LIFE DECISION MAKING IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Wendy Johnston, MD, FRCP (c) – University of Alberta
2. TREATMENT FOR ALS - EVIDENCE BASED MANAGEMENT
Robert G. Miller, MD – California Pacific Medical Center
3. ALS CLINICAL TRIALS
Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD – Columbia University
The above 3 articles are published
with copyright agreement of the American Academy of Neurology
AAN.
4.Maintaining Good Breathing in ALS(last update 3/2009)
Lee Guion, RT- California Pacific Medical Center
5.Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)(last update 4/ 2005)
Margie Petrakis, RN- California Pacific Medical Center
6.Distention (last update 4/2005)
Margie Petrakis, RT- California Pacific Medical Center
7.Cognition and Behavior (last update 4/2005)
Susan Woolley Levine, PhD- California Pacific Medical Center
8. The following article is a book chapter from “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” by Robert G. Miller, MD; Deborah Gelinas, MD and Patricia O’Connor, RN published
by Demos Medical Publishing. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. In order to see more information about this and other books by the publisher, please go to
www.demosmedpub.com.
Chapter 6 “Treating the Symptoms of ALS” can be seen here.
9.Caregivers the Essential Ingredients (last updated June 8, 2006)
Dr. Catherine Madison- California Pacific Medical Center
10.ALS/MND Glossary of Terms (last update 7/2006)
Emily Busch- California Pacific Medical Center
11.Anatomy of a perfect Bathroom (last updated August 1, 2009)
Joan Bales OTR/L and Emily Busch- California Pacific Medical Center
12. Below is an abstract and lay
summary about Riluzole effects. Dr. Robert Miller and
co-authors conducted an extensive literature search, compared
and summarized the results.
Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND)
(excerpt)
Miller RG, Mitchell JD, Lyon M,
Moore DH
(Date edited: 08/21/2006)
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