1. Malignant Catatonia Warrants Early Psychiatric-Critical Care Collaborative Management: Two Cases and Literature Review
- Author
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Julia Park, Richard W. Carlson, Sylvia Krzeminski, Maryam Hazeghazam, Meghana Bandlamuri, and Josh Tan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Definitive Therapy ,lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid ,MEDLINE ,Case Report ,lcsh:RC86-88.9 ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Malignant catatonia ,Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical illness ,Collaborative management ,medicine ,Psychiatry ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Malignant catatonia (MC) is a life-threatening manifestation which can occur in the setting of an underlying neuropsychiatric syndrome or general medical illness and shares clinical and pathophysiological features and medical comorbidities with the Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS). The subsequent diagnosis and definitive therapy of MC are typically delayed, which increases morbidity and mortality. We present two cases of MC and review recent literature of MC and NMS, illustrating factors which delay diagnosis and management. When clinical features suggest MC or NMS, we propose early critical care consultation and stabilization with collaborative psychiatric management.
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- 2017