Survival of severe neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a 78-year-old man treated with dantrolene.
The authors report a case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a 78-year-old man. The patient presented with a lack of contact with reality, hallucinations to which he was responding incoherently, and agitation and belligerence. He showed much improvement following treatment with dantrolene and was released to a nursing home 24 days after admission.
Kimerer
N B
NB
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
Parker
D M
DM
Sholer
C M
CM
Trammell
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009459:Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003620:Dantrolene