Psychotic woman with painful abdominal distension. Life-threatening psychotropic drug-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility

Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Nov;54(5):756-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.033.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chlorpromazine / adverse effects
  • Chlorpromazine / therapeutic use
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / adverse effects
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Critical Illness
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / chemically induced
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / chemically induced*
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / surgery*
  • Loxapine / adverse effects
  • Loxapine / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Cholinergic Antagonists
  • Loxapine
  • Chlorpromazine