From 39 reported cases of the "neuroleptic malignant syndrome," three groups were identified: those with concurrent medical problems that could cause fever that accompanied the extrapyramidal symptoms; those with medical problems less clearly related to fever; and those without other medical disorders. Dehydration, infection, pulmonary embolus, and rhabdomyolysis were the common complications o...

We report a case involving an 81-tear-old man with schizoaffective disorder who presented with neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) after an increase in his neuroleptic dose. NMS, a rare but potentially fatal complication of neuroleptic medications (e.g., antipsychotics, sedatives and antinauseants), is characterized by hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, an elevated creatine kinase level and autono...

Acute catatonic syndrome is a condition that can be caused by a variety of metabolic, neurological, psychiatric, and toxic conditions, including neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Although ictal catatonia as a manifestation of non-convulsive status epilepticus has been described, reference to the occurrence of seizures in patients with acute catatonic syndrome is anecdotal. Twenty nine patients wi...

Abstract Background Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is an uncommon and lethal side effect of neuroleptics. The clinical expression this diverse. Even with criteria diagnosis, it hard to recognize easily. We report a series 25 cases NMS among patients hospitalized in psychiatric service at Oujda for 5 years. have described the characteristics these patients, treatments received, management,...

BACKGROUND Serotonin syndrome is a toxic state, caused by serotonin (5HT) excess in the central nervous system. Serotonin syndrome's main feature is neuro-muscular hyperexcitability, which in many cases is mild but in some cases can become life-threatening. The diagnosis of serotonin syndrome remains challenging since it can only be made on clinical grounds. Three diagnostic criteria systems, S...

Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, characterised focal or disseminated vasculitis and perivasculitis which may involve the lungs, heart, liver, spleen central nervous system. The clinical picture severity of symptoms varies widely. neurological manifestations scrub are diverse. Meningoencephalitis classical manifestation but cerebellitis, cranial nerve palsies, plexopathy, transv...

Presence of fever in psychiatric patients may signify a number of potentially fatal conditions. Several of these are related to treatments (e.g. neuroleptic malignant syndrome with antipsychotics, serotonin syndrome with serotonergic antidepressants, and malignant hyperpyrexia with anaesthesia used for administration of electroconvulsive therapy) or exacerbated by them (e.g. malignant catatonia...