One week after a steroid injection for back pain in July 2008, tests revealed a WBC count of 21 400/L and a absolute neutrophil (AN) count of 12 200/L. Four weeks after the injection, tests revealed a creatine kinase (CK) level of 26 152 U/L and persistently elevated WBC and AN ...
These two patients illustrate that myocarditis can occur at usual incipient doses and that there may be an epidemiologic risk associated with gastroenteritis. Although the white blood cell (WBC) count is expected to decrease with clozapine, these patients had persistently elevated WBC counts. In ...
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Risk of seizures, particularly at high dosages (>600 mg daily) and/or in patients with elevated plasma clozapine concentrations; use with caution in patients with history of seizures or other predisposing factors (e.g., head trauma or other CNS pathology, concomitant use of drugs that lower ...
breathing, and/or protrusion of the tongue. While these symptoms can occur at low doses, they occur more frequently and with greater severity with high potency and at higher doses of first generation antipsychotic drugs. An elevated risk of acute dystonia is observed in males and younger age ...
Typical laboratory findings include elevated troponin I or T, elevated creatinine kinase-MB, peripheral eosinophilia, and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP). Chest roentgenogram may demonstrate cardiac silhouette enlargement, and cardiac imaging (echocardiogram, radionucleotide studies, or cardiac ...
Labs were notable for normal WBC count, normal ANC, elevated CRP, normal high-sensitivity troponin, and negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR. Clozapine was continued given unremarkable cardiac markers, but over the following days, ESR, CRP, LDH, ferritin, procalcitonin, and IL-6 were elevated while ...
He was admitted, and tests revealed a serum clozapine concentration of 2.42聽mg/L, a norclozapine to clozapine ratio of 0.40 and an elevated WBC count, neutrophil count and CRP level. Clozapine toxicity was suspected [ durations of treatments to reaction onset not stated ]. Clozapine was ...
In patients presenting with fever, elevated WBC count or altered mental status, there should be a high index of suspicion for aspiration pneumonia and immediate medical care is necessary to avoid devastating outcomes.doi:10.1016/j.psym.2017.08.011Kaplan, Jonathan...
Conclusion: The serum clozapine concentrations in patients with schizophrenia during the common cold period were increased, which might by related to the elevated WBC and NE counts.Cao, YinXia, QingrongLiang, JunWang, JiequanShan, FengDai, Biao...