[Acute respiratory failure during long-term treatment with neuroleptic drugs (author's transl)].
Five cases of respiratory failure with pneumonia in psychiatric patients under-going neuroleptic treatment are described. These complications are related to the very important extrapyramidal syndrome which may occur in patients being treated with these drugs; the pneumonia evolves spontaneously and has a rather poor prognosis, in spite of respiratory intensive care.
D000208:Acute Disease; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents
Insuffisances respiratoires aiguës durant les traitements au long cours par les neuroleptiques.