Combined Leucopenia and Thrombocytopenia Are Possibly Adverse Events of Lamotrigine

Leucopenia and thrombocytopenia possibly associated with lamotrigine use in a patient.

Haematological side effects are rather exceptional with lamotrigine. We report the case of a 25-year-old woman with epilepsy who developed combined leucopenia and thrombocytopenia eight weeks after starting lamotrigine. Within weeks after lamotrigine was discontinued, all of the haematopoietic abnormalities had disappeared. To our knowledge, this is the first report of combined leucopenia and t...

Quetiapine-associated leucopenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report

BACKGROUND There have been few reports regarding quetiapine-associated hematological effects other than white-blood-cell alteration. We present the first reported Han-Chinese case that developed leucopenia and thrombocytopenia after taking quetiapine. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a person with a bipolar I disorder who experienced leucopenia and thrombocytopenia after taking 400 mg/d...

Adverse events and preventable adverse events in children.

CONTEXT Patient safety has been recognized as an important problem in health care. However, knowledge about adverse events and preventable adverse events in children is relatively limited. OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence and types of adverse events and preventable adverse events in children. DESIGN Analysis of pediatric hospitalizations in the Colorado and Utah Medical Practice Study, w...

ADVERSE EVENTS Surveillance Systems for Adverse Events and Medical Errors

Unplanned Operations and Adverse Events after Surgery for Diaphyseal Fracture of the Clavicle

Background: We used a database of patients treated at three hospitals to study the primary null hypothesis that thereare no factors associated with unplanned reoperations or adverse events after surgical repair for diaphyseal claviclefracture. Additionally we addressed the following secondary study questions: 1. What is the prevalence of unplannedreoperations or adverse events...

The Prevalence, Severity and Nature of Adverse Events in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, severity and nature of adverse events (AEs) and also suggestions to prevent AEs recurrence in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (IRH) in Iran. Methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytic was conducted in 2021, in Rofaydeh rehabilitation hospital, Tehran, Iran. AEs associated with rehabilitation services and nursing care...