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Monitoring of patients on high dose antipsychotic medication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kate Sillifant ,
Jacqueline Muir ,
Mary Crabb  and
Stephen Read
Kate Sillifant*
Affiliation:
Unit of Child Mental Health, 12A Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NN
Jacqueline Muir
Affiliation:
Northowram Hospital, Halifax
Mary Crabb
Affiliation:
High Royds Hospital, Menston, West Yorkshire LS29 6AQ
Stephen Read
Affiliation:
Crooked Acres, 1 Spen Lane, Leeds LS5 3EG
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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In the light of recently published Royal College of Psychiatrists' guidelines on the use of high dose antipsychotic medication, electrocardiographic and blood investigations were performed on 11 patients with learning disabilities receiving such treatment. All patients had normal electrocardiograms (ECGs). Four patients had asymptomatic low white cell counts and mild anaemia was detected in three individuals. Three patients were hyponatraemic; liver function tests were essentially normal. Issues around routine monitoring of such patients are discussed.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 10 , October 1997 , pp. 612 - 614
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Royal College of Psychiatrists (1993) Consensus Statement on the Use of High Dose Antipsychotic Medication (Council Report CR26). London: Royal College of Psychiatrists.Google Scholar
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