COVID-19 Pandemic-Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Violent Forensics Patient With Intellectual Disability and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

This case report highlights an episode of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) in a forensic psychiatry inpatient unit and how the coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic, as well as, an atypical presentation of NMS delayed diagnosis and treatment of a patient, which could have been fatal. NMS and atyp...

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Autores principales: Jan, Mian Zarshawn H, Figgs, Patricia, Gallucci, Gerard, Bacchus, Romona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37581140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41866

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37581140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41866

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