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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2020

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Early Diagnosis Saves Lives in Low-Resource Settings.

Micheal Kiyingi, Felix Bongomin, Mark Kizito, Mark Kaddumukasa

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Micheal KiyingiDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Felix BongominDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0003-4515-8517
Mark KizitoDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0003-1906-3442
Mark KaddumukasaDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Makerere University · UG

Funding

Seizure frequency, Quality of Life and stigma reduction in people living with epilepsyK43TW010401 · FIC · MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KADDUMUKASA, MARK · 2017 to 2021
$589k
FIC NIH HHS K43 TW010401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextNeuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is an uncommon but serious adverse event to antipsychotic medications. CASE DETAILS: A 14-year-old Ugandan lady presented with high grade fevers, multiple convulsions, altered mentation and lead-pipe rigidity following an intramuscular injection of zuclopenthixol acetate (as Clopixol-Acuphase DISCUSSION: Early diagnosis and prompt supportive therapy are required to reduce mortality and morbidity. Early recognition of symptoms and discontinuation of offending agent by health care providers are needed to have recovery even in settings with limited resources.

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neuroleptic malignant syndromeUgandazuclopenthixol acetate

Identifiers

PMID32904592
PMCPMC7455761
OpenAlexW3080452425

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