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Monitoring of patients on high dose antipsychotic medication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Abstract
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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