Palliative ECHO: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease & covid update (Apr. 2020)

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Palliative ECHO: Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease | April 27, 2020

& Covid-19 update: palliative telemedicine

Presented by

Jerry McQuain, MPT, DO

Eastern Virginia Medical School Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow

Objectives:

Describe key diagnostic criteria for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Describe the prognosis and/or progression of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
List key pharmacologic agents to treat delirium/agitation and myoclonus in this population