Aspiration Pneumonia during Clozapine Therapy.
- Author:
You Ho SHIN
1
;
Ah Rang CHO
;
Doh Joon YOON
;
Geon Ho BAHN
;
Jong Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. behav@unitel.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Clozapine;
Side effect;
Aspiration pneumonia;
Sialorrhea;
Sedation;
Esophageal dysfunction
- MeSH:
Adult;
Clozapine*;
Female;
Humans;
Pneumonia, Aspiration*;
Schizophrenia;
Sialorrhea
- From:Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
2001;12(3):255-259
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors experienced aspiration pneumonia during clozapine therapy in a 31 year-old woman patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Development of aspiration pneumonia appeared to be related with side effects of clozapine including sedation, sialorrhea, and esophageal dysfunction. Each side effect seems to be mild, however it can cause fatal problems such as aspiration pneumonia if they appear simultaneously.
