Two Sudden and Unexpected Deaths of Patients with Schizophrenia Associated with Intramuscular Injections of Antipsychotics and Practice Guidelines to Limit the Use of High Doses of Intramuscular Antipsychotics

Intravenous haloperidol has been associated with torsades de pointes (TdP). These two sudden deaths were probable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) following intramuscular (IM) antipsychotics. The autopsies described lack of heart pathology and were highly compatible with the possibility of TdP in the a...

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Autores principales: Wahidi, Nasratullah, Johnson, Katie M., Brenzel, Allen, de Leon, Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5002457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27597919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9406813

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5002457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27597919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9406813

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