Clozapine‐induced pulmonary embolism in a patient with no pre‐existing risk factors: A case report | Zendy

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Clozapine‐induced pulmonary embolism in a patient with no pre‐existing risk factors: A case report

Author(s) -

Kwan Jing Yi,

Noor Maha

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5497

Subject(s) - medicine , clozapine , pulmonary embolism , covid-19 , paranoid schizophrenia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , psychosis , psychiatry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

We report the case of a 51‐year‐old Caucasian woman who developed a pulmonary embolism in the absence of any pre‐existing risk factors for VTE, 3 weeks following clozapine initiation for treatment resistant paranoid schizophrenia. She was initially misdiagnosed and treated for suspected COVID‐19 infection.

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