Clozapine-induced colonic obstruction requiring surgical treatment

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 385-386

  Lavi, Eran ^a,b   Rivkin, Louis ^a,b   Carmon, Moshe ^a,b   Reissman, Petachia ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Clozapine; Colon obstruction; Fecal impaction

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; CREATININE; LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLOSTOMY; DECOMPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPNEA; FECES IMPACTION; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NOSE FEEDING; PULSE RATE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; COLOSTOMY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 69249087404     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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