Pulmonary thromboembolism and antipsychotic drugs

antipsychotic drugs and sudden death

sudden, unexpected death may occur in apparently healthy individuals. its occurrence in psychiatric patients has raised the concern that the use of psychotropics, especially antipsychotics, may be associated with an increased risk of sudden death. this concern is maintained even though not all psychiatric patients who have succumbed to sudden death have been on psychotropics. early reports pres...

Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism: review article

High incidence and mortality rate of pulmonary thromboembolism urge physicians to be aware of its occurrence and treatment. Pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) typically manifests itself with acute dyspnea and tachycardia and may occur along with deep vein thrombosis. However, syncope, chest pain and heart failure decompensation in previously stable patients might be another presenting signs and sym...

Antipsychotic Drugs

The term psychosis refers to a variety of mental disorders characterized by one or more of the following symptoms: diminished and distorted capacity to process information and draw logical conclusions, hallucinations, delusions, incoherence or marked loosening of associations, catatonic or disorganized behavior, and aggression or violence. Antipsychotic drugs lessen these symptoms regardless of...

Antipsychotic drugs and hypothermia

Antipsychotic drugs and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control study.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether antipsychotic drugs are associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism, and to examine risks by type of antipsychotic, potency, and dose. DESIGN Population based nested case-control study. SETTING The UK QResearch primary care database. PARTICIPANTS Patients (cases) with a first ever record of venous thromboembolism between 1 January 1996 and 1 ...