Naslov
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a case report and discussion

Autori
Grabovac, Vlatko ; Žiga, Sead ; Kereš, Tatjana ; Sorić, Maša

Izvornik
Signa Vitae (1334-5605) 9 (2014), 1; 88-90

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
neuroleptic malignant syndrome, neuroleptics, creatine kinase

Sažetak
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is an emergent, life threatening condition most often seen as an iatrogenic complication of neuroleptic or antipsychotic treatment. It is characterized by a tetrad of clinical features: mental status changes, fever, muscle rigidity and autonomic instability, although it is not necessary for all of them to be present at a same time for working diagnosis to be made. This paper will deal with the case of a 29-year old male patient diagnosed with schizophrenia who developed NMS, presented as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and high fever, after 191 days of in-hospital treatment. After 13 days of hospital treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of Clinical Hospital Dubrava, the patient is in a hemodynamical and proper quantitative mental state and discharged for further psychiatric treatment at his parent hospital institution.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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