<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></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.

Hypothermia in a Patient Treated with Antipsychotics

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Pre-clinical Study Center Faculty of Medicine Medical University Sofia 2, Zdrave str. Sofia, 1421

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”,

Department of Forensic Medicine, Military Hospital, Sofia,

Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Sofia,

Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”,

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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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...

Hypothermia in a Patient Treated with Antipsychotics

Publicado en línea: 30 nov 2016

Páginas: 55 - 58

Recibido: 09 oct 2015

Aceptado: 30 may 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2016-0008

Palabras clave
hypothermia, ischemic stroke, schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Hypothermia in a Patient Treated with Antipsychotics

Publicado en línea: 30 nov 2016

Páginas: 55 - 58

Recibido: 09 oct 2015

Aceptado: 30 may 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2016-0008

Palabras clavehypothermia, ischemic stroke, schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
hypothermia, ischemic stroke, schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs