Introduction Studies using death certificates have indicated an excess of sudden cardiac deaths among users of antipsychotic drugs compared to the general population, but may have underestimated the presence of other known causes of sudden and unexpected death. Objectives To assess the cause and risk factors for sudden death discovered by contemporaneous investigation of all […]
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Causes of Death in A Psychiatric Hospital?
What are the possible causes of sudden, unexplained death in Psychiatric Hospital inpatient? 1- Co -incident 2- High dose neuroleptics, first generation antipsychotics in high dose block the cell membrane sodium pump and this will decrease the cardiac conduction velocity with consequent decrease of heart rate and contraction. This might alter or result in ventricular […]