Fulminant neuroleptic malignant syndrome after perioperative withdrawal of antiParkinsonian medication.
Published in:
- British journal of anaesthesia. - 2004
English
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare complication when using neuroleptic drugs. We report the case of a patient with severe Parkinson's disease who developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome after withdrawal of his antiParkinsonian medication for elective coronary artery bypass grafting. Sodium dantrolene may be a therapeutic option in severe cases.
-
Language
-
-
Open access status
-
bronze
-
Identifiers
-
-
Persistent URL
-
https://sonar.ch/global/documents/79081
Statistics
Document views: 16
File downloads: