A prospective survey of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a short-term psychiatric hospital.
Of 1,470 patients treated with neuroleptics during 1 year at a private psychiatric hospital, only one patient developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome--an annual frequency of 0.07%. Use of low doses of neuroleptics may account for this frequency, which is below recent estimates.
D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009459:Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D002746:Chlorpromazine