Heat stroke during long-term clozapine treatment: should we be concerned about hot weather?

Objective To describe the case of a patient with schizophrenia on clozapine treatment who had an episode of heat stroke. Case description During a heat wave in January and February 2014, a patient with schizophrenia who was on treatment with clozapine was initially referred for differential diagnos...

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Main Authors: Maurício Scopel Hoffmann, Lucas Mendes Oliveira, Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato, Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2016-03-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892016000100056&lng=en&tlng=en