Heat stroke and fluphenazine therapy: report of a case.
A fatal case of heat stroke in a 21-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia is reported. Phenothiazine therapy is thought to have been a factor of major importance in the induction of this syndrome. These cases may become the responsibility of the medical examiner, and the importance of obtaining a complete drug history is stressed.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005476:Fluphenazine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy
D005476:Fluphenazine