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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and malignant hyperthermia. Important issues for the medical consultant
1Department of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Medical Clinics of North America
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and malignant hyperthermia share two cardinal clinical features: hypothermia and rigidity. Both syndromes can result in rhabdomyolysis and have high mortality rates if left untreated. This article reviews each syndrome and its pathogenesis and treatment.