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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Dec 2002
Case ReportsNeuroleptic malignant syndrome: uncommon postoperative diagnostic dilemma.
- Suraj Bhan, Vinay Kulkarni, Yatin Mehta, Krishan Kant Sharma, Naresh Trehan, and Madan Lal Suri.
- Department of Anaesthesia, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi 110025, India.
- Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2002 Dec 1;10(4):365-6.
AbstractNeuroleptic malignant syndrome occurred in a 71-year-old man on haloperidol therapy for mild depressive dementia. After coronary artery bypass grafting, he developed hyperthermia, elevated creatine kinase without a corresponding rise in the MB-isoenzyme, leukocytosis, raised liver enzymes, urea, and creatinine. His condition responded to bromocriptine therapy.
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