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Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2011 Apr 1;17(6):440–445. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.03.002

Table 1.

PD specialists perception of PD patient hospital care.

	US Centers (n = 34^a)			International Centers (n = 16)			Total C or VC (n = 50)

	VC	C	NC	VC	C	NC	# (%)
How confident are you that non-neurologists caring for PD patients in the hospital know:
That infections such as UTI’s can cloud mental status?	8	18	8	2	8	6	36 (72)
That dopamine agonists, amantadine, and anticholinergics can cloud mental status?	2	13	19	2	5	9	22 (44)
That reducing dopaminergic medications may improve hallucinations and behavioral issues?	1	14	19	2	7	7	24 (48)
That metoclopramide and prochlorperazine make PD symptoms worse?^b	0	10	23	1	3	12	14 (29)
That quetiapine and clozapine are the safest antipsychotics in PD?	0	4	30	1	5	10	10 (20)
That confident are you that PD patients get their medications on time?	0	2	32	0	1	15	3 (6)

VC = very confident; C = confident; NC = not confident; UTI = urinary tract infection.

1 US Center did not respond to this section.

Only 33 US Centers responded to this question.