Risk Factors for Psychiatric Patients
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is an uncommon disorder initially described in alcoholic or malnourished patients. Recent reports suggest an aetiological association with abnormalities of serum sodium. A physically unwell non-alcoholic chronic schizophrenic patient, whose symptoms led to psychiatric referral, died of CPM. A review of the literature reveals that psychiatric patients may indeed be at risk for CPM.
British Journal of Psychiatry (1992), 160, 550–552
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