Key result
Hemodialysis successfully treated acute renal failure in a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome, while a literature review identified high BUN, age, and female gender as risks for poor prognosis.
Population
A 60-year-old man with a 26-year history of schizophrenia presenting with neuroleptic malignant syndrome and…
Design
Case_report
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Hemodialysis may aid NMS-related renal failure but should not change practice; case report leaves open validation of BUN, age, and gender as prognostic factors.
Case Report (n=58)
Hemodialysis can successfully treat acute renal failure in neuroleptic malignant syndrome, while high BUN, older age, and female gender are associated with poor prognosis.
Nishioka et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Neuroleptic malignant syndrome with acute renal failure (n=58). Hemodialysis and discontinuation of neuroleptics was evaluated on Prognosis and recovery. Hemodialysis successfully treated acute renal failure in a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome, while a literature review identified high BUN, age, and female gender as risks for poor prognosis.
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