Nonfatal pulmonary embolus associated with clozapine treatment: A case series

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85.e5-85.e6

  Tripp, Adam C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Deep venous thrombosis; Nonfatal pulmonary embolus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZATROPINE; CLOZAPINE; ENOXAPARIN; FLUPHENAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; IBUPROFEN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OLANZAPINE; PARACETAMOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PNEUMONIA; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79951853474     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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