Treatment of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome with Electroconvulsive Therapy
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 174 (1) , 47-49
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198601000-00008
Abstract
A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome unresponsive to supportive medical therapy was successfully treated by electroconvulsive therapy. Electroconvulsive therapy may offer a safe and rapidly effective intervention in cases of neuroleptic malignant syndrome complicated by high fever and severe muscular rigidity which do not improve with supportive care.Keywords
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