10 results for “neuroleptic malignant syndrome”
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…lex neurodevelopmental, neurological and psychiatric disorders including epilepsy, autism, and previous neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospita…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
…. He was transferred to ICU, intubated, and died. The cause was determined to be acute dopamine imbalance syndrome (possibly neuroleptic malignant syndrome or lethal catatonia). Key failures: no urgent neurology consulta…
51y · Male·undetermined natural causes
…rom the hospital shortly after 7pm. Post-mortem examination showed no definitive cause of death, though neuroleptic malignant syndrome was considered but not confirmed. Key clinical issues: (1) Diabetes management was s…
30y · Male·Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia of Uncertain Aetiology
…th multiple anti-psychotic agents, including an inadvertent long-acting injection, leading to suspected neuroleptic toxicity. Care was transferred to an intensive psychiatric acute care unit with enhanced nursing superv…
73y · Female·pneumonia and renal failure with hyperthermia
…a after a brief hospital admission. She had been prescribed haloperidol for behavioural problems; while neuroleptic malignant syndrome was suspected, this could not be confirmed. The coroner identified multiple failures…
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
A 39-year-old man with schizo-affective illness, hepatic cirrhosis, and substance abuse history died from complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted involuntarily for …
73y · Male·dehydration and hyperthermia
A 73-year-old man with mild dementia resident in aged care wandered from the facility on a hot day (31°C+) while taking three medications with anticholinergic properties: pericyazine, haloperidol, and oxybutynin. These d…
47y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis
… and dehydration from walking 26km barefoot. Clinical staff considered differential diagnoses including neuroleptic malignant syndrome and infection. Despite family concerns about immobilization from sedation potentiall…
36y · Male·Combined effects of trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) toxicity, amphetamine-type stimu…
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, substance abuse issues, and undiagnosed cardiomyopathy died from combined toxicity of benzhexol (prescribed by his GP for tardive dyskinesia), amphetamine-type stimulants,…
30y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in an overweight man with comorbidities (including rec…
Karl Steinhauser, a 30-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance misuse, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 12 March 2023 while under Mental Health Act care. After two weeks of increasingly challen…
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