| Literature DB >> 7304797 |
Abstract
The authors report a case of unexpected sudden death in a woman receiving relatively high dose of haloperidol. They postulate that drug-induced laryngeal spasm leading to cardiac arrest via vagal reflexes may represent the mechanism of neuroleptic sudden death in some cases.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID： 7304797 DOI： 10.1176/ajp.138.12.1616
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Psychiatry ISSN： 0002-953X Impact factor: 18.112