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Neurocase
January 2025
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Catatonia may manifest as an independent entity or as a feature of a neuropsychiatric or medical illness. While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the gold standard treatment for catatonia, it is typically administered if the patient's symptoms fail to respond to benzodiazepines. We describe the case of a 22-year-old male with Budd Chiari induced cirrhosis and no prior psychiatric history, who presented with symptoms of psychosis and hepatic encephalopathy, was treated in the ICU for multi-factorial delirium, developed symptoms of catatonia that failed to respond to lorazepam, ultimately requiring ECT with a favorable response.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia.
Background: Foreign language syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric phenomenon typically following general anesthesia. To date, foreign language syndrome has not been associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) in the literature. This case aims to broaden the clinical understanding of NMS by presenting an atypical manifestation of foreign language syndrome and emphasizing the need for prompt recognition of such presentations for accurate diagnosis and management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Pharmacol
December 2024
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapeutic drug used to treat many types of cancer. The aim of this study was to develop a population pharmacokinetic model that incorporates plasma unbound and bound platinum levels. Cancer patients undergoing their first or second cycle of cisplatin-containing chemotherapy (n = 33) were prospectively randomized to receive a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) antagonist (5-HTA) antiemetic (ondansetron, granisetron, or palonosetron) followed by blood collection over 10 days.
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November 2024
Old Age Psychiatry, University Hospital Wishaw, Wishaw, GBR.
Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by abnormal psychomotor disturbance, which poses a diagnostic and treatment challenge to clinicians. It is a life-threatening condition in its severe form, termed malignant and characterised by hyperthermia and autonomic disturbances. Early recognition and treatment are important in its management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorticosteroid-induced psychosis is rare and less reported in children compared to adults. However, psychosis is considered a severe adverse effect of corticosteroids in pediatric nephrotic syndrome. Steroid-induced psychosis is dose-dependent and should be treated by tapering the dose of steroids and usually initiating an atypical antipsychotic.
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