Lithium-induced fatal neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a patient not being concomitantly treated with commonly offending agents

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Drakoulogona, Ourania ^a   Karanasios, Panagiotis ^a   Kouliasa, Larissa ^a   Leonidou, Lydia ^a   Giannakopoulou, Foteini ^a   Goudas, Pavlos ^a   Makris, Nicolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BUSPIRONE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ESCITALOPRAM; IRBESARTAN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM; URIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOGLOBINURIA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STUPOR; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME;

EID: 84870551484     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.08.010     Document Type: Letter

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