Unrecognized clozapine-related constipation leading to fatal intra-abdominal sepsis – a case report

Clozapine is the preferred antipsychotic used for the treatment of resistant schizophrenia with suicidal ideation. The drug is started at a low dose and gradually increased to a target dose of 300–450 mg/day. It is well known to cause agranulocytosis and neutropenia. Several cases of fatal sepsis ha...

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Autores principales: Oke, Vikram, Schmidt, Frances, Bhattarai, Bikash, Basunia, Md, Agu, Chidozie, Kaur, Amrit, Enriquez, Danilo, Quist, Joseph, Salhan, Divya, Gayam, Vijay, Mungikar, Prajakta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392790
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S86716

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392790
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S86716

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