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Essential tremor

Última revisão: 28 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 08 Jul 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • postural and/or kinetic tremor
  • problems with fine motor tasks
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • abatement of tremor after consumption of alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or gabapentin
  • head or voice tremor
  • rest tremor
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Fatores de risco

  • advanced age
  • family history
  • white ancestry
  • exposure to environmental toxins
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • clinical diagnosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • CT or MRI scan of the head
  • serum ceruloplasmin
  • 24-hour urine copper
  • thyroid function tests
  • tremor physiology studies
  • single-photon emission CT (SPECT) scan of the head
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Novos exames

  • tremor stability index

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

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Colaboradores

Autores

Sheng-Han Kuo, MD

H. Houston Merritt Associate Professor of Neurology

College of Physicians and Surgeons

Columbia University

New York

NY

Declarações

SHK is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Ming-Kai Pan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

College of Medicine

National Taiwan University

Taipei

Taiwan

Declarações

MKP is a consultant of BioPro Scientific, Taiwan, and Sumitomo Pharma Co., Japan. MKP is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Agradecimentos

Dr Sheng-Han Kuo and Dr Ming-Kai Pan would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Zoltan Mari, Dr Martin Kronenbuerger, Dr Adam Burdick, and Dr Kelly D. Foote, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

ZM has directed various educational programs, accredited (CME) by Johns Hopkins University, and has accepted honoraria for consulting. MK, AB, and KDF declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

Katherine Longardner, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of California San Diego

San Diego

CA

Declarações

KL was a paid consultant for Boston Scientific.

Roger Weis, MD

Pediatric Neurologist

Kinderneurologisches Zentrum Mainz

Mainz

Germany

Раскрытие информации

RW declares that he has no competing interests.

Cory Toth, BSc, MD, FRCP(C)

Assistant Professor of Neurosciences

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

University of Calgary

Alberta

Canada

Раскрытие информации

CT declares that he has no competing interests.

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Основные статьи

Deuschl G, Bain P, Brin M; Ad Hoc Scientific Committee. Consensus statement of the Movement Disorder Society on tremor. Mov Disord. 1998;13(suppl 3):2-23. Аннотация

Ferreira JJ, Mestre TA, Lyons KE, et al. MDS evidence-based review of treatments for essential tremor. Mov Disord. 2019 Jul;34(7):950-8. Аннотация

Zesiewicz TA, Elble RJ, Louis ED, et al. Evidence-based guideline update: treatment of essential tremor: report of the Quality Standards subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2011 Nov 8;77(19):1752-5.Полный текст  Аннотация

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