{"title":"Intrathecal baclofen therapy: ten steps toward best practice.","authors":"B. Ridley, P. Rawlins","doi":"10.1097/01376517-200604000-00002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Practitioners from around the country who have extensive experience in intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy gathered in early 2004 to develop best-practice guidelines for ITB therapy. Discussion focused on the idea that ITB therapy is a program rather than a procedure. Key recommendations were made in areas including team coordination, patient selection and goals, patient education, patient screening, implant technique, long-term management, individualized dosing options, ongoing evaluation of patient response, appraisal of the integrity of the catheter and infusion system, and appropriate practice resources.","PeriodicalId":94240,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"24","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01376517-200604000-00002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Practitioners from around the country who have extensive experience in intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy gathered in early 2004 to develop best-practice guidelines for ITB therapy. Discussion focused on the idea that ITB therapy is a program rather than a procedure. Key recommendations were made in areas including team coordination, patient selection and goals, patient education, patient screening, implant technique, long-term management, individualized dosing options, ongoing evaluation of patient response, appraisal of the integrity of the catheter and infusion system, and appropriate practice resources.