Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in psychiatric settings
Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in psychiatric settings
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精神科环境中的深静脉血栓形成和肺栓塞
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2009
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M. Leysen
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Els G. Van Neste;W. Verbruggen;M. Leysen
Background and objectives: Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary em- bolism are serious, possibly life-threatening events which are often ignored in psychiatric settings. This article investigates which psychiatric patients are at increased risk of devel- oping a venous thromboembolism. To our knowledge we are the first to perform a litera- ture review of clinical studies relating venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism to psychotropic drugs and mental disorders. Methods: A Medline search for English studies using the appropriate search terms was performed. In addition, cross references of the relevant articlesliterature references were considered. We withheld 12 observational studies, 29 case-reports and one review-article. Results: We found evidence that low potency antipsychotic drugs like chlorpromazine and thioridazine, and clozapine for treatment of resistant schizophrenia have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. There is no evidence that antidepressants, benzodi- azepines or mood stabilizers have a similar effect. Also psychiatric conditions like physi- cal restraint, catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome are related to a higher inci- dence of deep venous thrombosis. Conclusions: Limitations of the studies and hypotheses about underlying biological mechanisms are reviewed. The rationale for prophylactic measures is discussed and rec- ommendations to prevent deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are given.