Meeting
Abstract Number: 619
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 51 year-old male with paranoid schizophrenia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital for decompensated schizophrenia in the setting of medication nonadherence. Treatment included initiation and up-titration of clozapine. Within three weeks, he developed generalized abdominal pain, non-bilious non-bloody emesis and diarrhea. Exam was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 695
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 24-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia who presented from a psychiatric facility for fever and tachycardia. The patient had been admitted to the facility for failure of previous antipsychotic therapy and was being transitioned to clozapine. On admission, the patient was noted to be febrile to […]