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| Issue : 1 | Page : 178-180 |
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Bino Rajamani1, Yashwant Kumar2, Sajitha M.F. Rahman2
1 Low Cost Effective Care Unit, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Family Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Bino Rajamani
Low-Cost Effective Care Unit, Arni Road, Vellore - 632 001, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.184660
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening emergency that is often seen as a complication of antipsychotic agents. It is characterized by a tetrad of motor, behavioral, autonomic, and laboratory abnormalities. We report a case of a 34-year-old man with a history of newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus, mental retardation, and behavioral abnormalities who developed NMS after starting on antipsychotic agents. He presented with high temperature, muscle rigidity, tachycardia, and elevated blood pressure. After a week of hospital treatment in the general ward of a secondary care unit, he was discharged in a hemodynamically and mentally stable state.
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