Risk factors for hypothermia in psychiatric patients

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-97

  Young, Dykes M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Hypothermia; Sudden unexplained death

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MOLINDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029931250     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10401239609148807     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Auerbach PS: Disorders due to physical and environmental agents. In: Ho MT, Saunders CE, eds. Current Emergency Diagnosis and Treatment, 3rd ed. East Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange; 1990:422-425
2. Weinberg AD: Hypothermia. Ann Emerg Med 1993; 22:370-377
3. Delaney KA, Goldfrank LR: Hot and cold work environments. In: Rom WN, ed. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:1160
4. Robbins SL, Cotran RS, Kumar V: Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1984:462
5. Lowe M, McGrady R: Nosocomial hypothermia in the tropics. Med J Australia 1994; 160:164-165
6. Kramer MR, Vandijk J, Rosin AJ: Mortality in elderly patients with thermoregulatory failure. Arch Intern Med 1989; 149:1521-1523
7. Valnicek SM, Chasmar LR, Clapson JB: Frostbite in the prairies: A 12-year review. Chest 1993; 92:633-641
8. Landsberg L, Young JB: The autonomic nervous system. In: Petersdorf RG, et al., eds. Principles of Internal Medicine, 10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1983:409-418
9. Maickel RP: Interaction of drugs with autonomic function and thermoregulation. Fed Proc 1970; 29:1973-1979
10. Cox B: Dopamine. In: Lomax P, Sconbaum E, eds. Body Temperature. New York, Marcel Dekker; 1979
11. Rubinstein G: Schizophrenia, infection and temperature. An animal model for investigating their relationships. Scizo Res 1993; 10:95-102
12. Zarrindast MR, Tabatabai SA: Involvement of dopamine receptor subtypes in mouse thermoregulation. Psychopharmacology 1992; 107:241-346
13. Harada H, Igarashi M, Sugae S, Okamoto K, Tsuji M, Nakajima T: A schizophrenic patient who developed extreme hypothermia after an increase in the dose of haloperidol: A case report. Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol 1994; 48:595-598
14. Heh CW, et al.: Neuroleptic-induced hypothermia associated with amelioration of psychosis in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 1988; 1:149-156
15. Holdcroft A: Body Temperature Control. London: Balliere Tindall; 1980:32, 74-77, 132, 154
16. Kalinowsky LB, Hippius H: Pharmacological, Convulsive and Other Somatic Treatments in Psychiatry. New York: Grune & Stratton; 1969:362
17. Kortelainen ML, Lapinlampi T, Hirvonen J: Chlorpromazine-induced alterations in hypothalamic amine metabolism and stress responses in severe cold. Z Rechtsmed 1989; 102:377-390
18. Srivastava AK, Srivastava YP, Gupta PP, Verma RB: Characterization of dopamine receptors involved in central thermoregulation in rabbits. Indian J Exp Biol 1991; 29:1087-1088
19. Noto T, et al.: Hypothermia caused by antipsychotic drugs in a schizophrenic patient. J Clin Psychiatry 1987; 48:77-78
20. Vybiral S, Jandky L: The role of dopaminergic pathways in thermoregulation in the rabbit. Neuropharmacology 1989; 28:15-20
21. Li C, Gefter WB: Acute pulmonary edema induced by overdosage of phenothiazines. Chest 1992; 101:102-104
22. Maier U, Aigner JM, Klein HE: [Hypothermia caused by neuroleptics. 2 case reports and review of the literature.] Nervenarzt 1994; 65:488-491
23. Brown RP, Kocsis JH: Sudden death and antipsychotic drugs. Hosp Commun Psychiatry 1984; 35:486-491
24. Ellman JP: Sudden death. Can J Psychiatry 1982; 27:331-333
25. Leestma JE, Koenig KL: Sudden death and phenothiazines. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1968; 18:137-148
26. Mehtonen OP, Aranko K, Malkonen L, Vapaatalo: A survey of sudden death associated with the use of antipsychotic or antidepressant drugs: 49 cases in Finland. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991; 84:58-64
27. Peele R, Von Loetzen IS: Phenothiazine deaths: A critical review. Am J Psychiatry 1973; 130:306-309
28. Turbott JF, Cairns FJ: Sudden death and neuroleptic medication. Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:919-920
29. Dorson PG, Crimson ML: Chlorpromazine accumulation and sudden death in a patient with renal insufficiency. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1988; 22:776-777
30. Ketai R, Matthews J, Mozdzen JJ: Sudden death in a patient taking haloperidol. Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:112-113
31. Modestin J, Krapf R, Boker W: A fatality during haloperidol treatment: Mechanism of sudden death. Am J Psychiatry 1981; 138:1616-1617
32. Taukulis HK, Brake LD: Therapeutic and hypothermic properties of diazepam altered by a diazepam-chlorpromazine association. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1989; 34:1-6
33. Bell LV: On a form of disease resembling mania and fever. Am J Insanity 1849; 6:97-127
34. Swett CP, Shader RI: Cardiac side effects and sudden death in hospitalized psychiatric patients. Dis Nerv Syst 1977; 38:69-72
35. Czeisler CA, et al.: Bright light induction of strong (type 0) resetting of the human circadian pacemaker. Science 1989; 244:1328-1333
36. Sessler DI, Lee KA, McGuire J: Isoflurane anesthesia and circadian temperature cycles in humans. Anesthesiology 1991; 75:986-989