Typical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Presented in Patient on Maintenance Quetiapine

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an acute, life-threatening medical complication caused by antipsychotics. It is commonly seen with typical antipsychotics and very rare with atypicals. Cases have been reported with quetiapine also, but this case is of special interest because it occurred in patient...

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Autores principales: Raval, Chintan Madhusudan, Tiwari, Deepak Sachidanand, Panchal, Bharat Navinchandra, Vala, Ashok Ukabhai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701020
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.127263
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Sumario:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an acute, life-threatening medical complication caused by antipsychotics. It is commonly seen with typical antipsychotics and very rare with atypicals. Cases have been reported with quetiapine also, but this case is of special interest because it occurred in patient who was stable on maintenance quetiapine 200 mg/day for last 5 years.

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