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Frequency of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a large psychiatric hospital in Moscow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B. Spivak ,
D.I. Maline ,
V.N. Kozyrev ,
R. Mester ,
S.A. Neduva ,
R.S. Ravilov  and
A. Weizman
B. Spivak
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Ness Ziona Mental Health Center, POB 1,Ness Ziona74100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Tel Aviv, Israel
D.I. Maline
Affiliation:
Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Intensive Therapy, Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No.4, Moscow, Russia
V.N. Kozyrev
Affiliation:
Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No.1,Moscow, Russia
R. Mester
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Ness Ziona Mental Health Center, POB 1,Ness Ziona74100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Tel Aviv, Israel
S.A. Neduva
Affiliation:
Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Intensive Therapy, Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No.4, Moscow, Russia
R.S. Ravilov
Affiliation:
Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No.1,Moscow, Russia
A. Weizman
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Tel Aviv, Israel Research Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Felsenstein Medical Research Center,Petah Tiqva, Israel
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Summary

A ten-year prospective survey of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) was performed in a major psychiatric hospital (1,510 beds) in Moscow. All inpatients who developed a persistent and severe extrapyramidal rigidity accompanied by fever after exposure to neuroleptic medication were screened for NMS. The diagnosis of NMS was established according to Levenson’s criteria and at a later stage all NMS cases were reevaluated using the DSM-IV research criteria. Data on age, gender and psychiatric diagnoses were analyzed. Of the 78,708 inpatients treated with neuroleptic agents, 19 separate patients had an episode of NMS, for a frequency of 0.02%. Mortality rate was 10.5% (2/19 patients). Of the three potential risk factors studied, only young age (≤ 25 years) was significantly associated with an increased frequency of NMS (P < 0.01). The low rate of NMS found here compared to studies in other countries may be due to the stringent demands for NMS diagnosis. More large-scale prospective studies including detailed clinical and laboratory data are needed to clarify these differences and their impact on the prevalence and risk factors of NMS.

Keywords

frequencymortality rateneuroleptic malignant syndromepossible risk
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European Psychiatry , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , August 2000 , pp. 330 - 333
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2000

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