Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Psychiatric Inpatients: a Case Series.
Journal
East Asian archives of psychiatry : official journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists = Dong Ya jing shen ke xue zhi : Xianggang jing shen ke yi xue yuan qi kan
ISSN: 2224-7041
Titre abrégé: East Asian Arch Psychiatry
Pays: China
ID NLM: 101536416
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
entrez:
25
12
2019
pubmed:
25
12
2019
medline:
26
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report four cases of fatal pulmonary embolism confirmed by autopsy among inpatients in a Hong Kong psychiatric hospital from 2010 to 2014. None of the four patients had a medical or premorbid condition associated with vascular thromboembolism or causing prolonged immobilisation. Only two patients were taking long-term antipsychotic medication, but all were physically restrained shortly before the event.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
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