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Case Reports
. 1989 Nov;29(11):1595-7.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-198911000-00023.

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a trauma patient: case report

S B Heird  1 , J E Rhoads Jr, N N Agarwal
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a trauma patient: case report

S B Heird et al. J Trauma. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

Presented is a case report of a multiple trauma patient whose post-traumatic course was complicated by neuroleptic malignant syndrome triggered by therapeutic haloperidol treatments. Once the syndrome was recognized and treated, a dramatic recovery was achieved.

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