Aspiration Pneumonia: An Underappreciated Risk of Clozapine Treatment

J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2016 Apr;36(2):174-6. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000458.

Authors

Ronald J Gurrera¹, Anne C Parlee, Nicole L Perry

Affiliation

¹ VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry Boston, MA ronald.gurrera@va.gov ronald_gurrera@hms.harvard.eduBoston Medical Center Boston MAVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA.

PMID: 26848787
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000458

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
Clozapine / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Aspiration / chemically induced*
Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnosis*
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia / diagnosis
Schizophrenia / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Clozapine