Hypothermia in a Patient Treated with Antipsychotics
Abstract
We present a case of 58-year-old female patent with a long-term history of paranoid schizophrenia treated with different antipsychotics. She died with sign and symptoms of hypothermia. Autopsy revealed an ischemic stroke. We could not exclude involvement of antipsychotic medications as culprits.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2016-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1313-9053
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 58
Submitted on: Oct 9, 2015
Accepted on: May 30, 2016
Published online: Nov 30, 2016
Published in print: Sep 1, 2016
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
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© 2016 Pavlina A. Andreeva-Gateva, Tzvetelin N. Gatev, Ralitza Nachova, Radka K. Tafradjiiska-Hadjiolova, Maria Grozeva, published by Sciendo
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