Montgomery J N, Ironside J W
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Whipps Cross Hospital, London.
Anaesthesia. 1990 Apr;45(4):311-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14740.x.
A case of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome occurred in a 40-year-old male after administration of chlorpromazine while on an Intensive Therapy Unit. Treatment with dantrolene sodium was successful, and a muscle biopsy was examined in the recovery phase of the illness. The importance of this condition and the difficulties in establishing a diagnosis at an early stage in patients on an Intensive Therapy Unit are discussed, along with implications for treatment.
