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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G21.0 ICD 9 333.92 … Wikipedia
neuroleptic malignant syndrome — noun A life threatening neurological disorder, exhibiting muscle rigidity, fever, delirium, etc., most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs. Syn: NMS … Wiktionary
neuroleptic malignant syndrome — a rare, sometimes fatal reaction to antipsychotic (neuroleptic) agents, characterized by hyperthermia, rigidity, and coma … Medical dictionary
Neurological malignant syndrome — Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a life threatening, neurological disorder most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs. Symptoms include high fever, sweating, unstable blood pressure, stupor, muscular rigidity … Wikipedia
Malignant — (from the Latin roots mal = bad and genus = born ) is a medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease. The term is most familiar as a description of cancer. A malignant tumor may be contrasted with a non cancerous… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Serotonin syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Serotonin syndrome Caption = Serotonin DiseasesDB = 30044 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|333.99 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2786 MeshName = Serotonin+Syndrome MeshNumber = C21.613.276.720 Serotonin … Wikipedia
Encephalopathic syndrome — A dangerous condition with symptoms similar to those of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), of which it may be a variant. It is associated with lithium toxicity … Medical dictionary
NMS — Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. A life threatening condition that may be caused by certain drugs used to treat mental illness, nausea, or vomiting. Symptoms include high fever, sweating, unstable blood pressure, confusion, and stiffness. Also… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Malignancy — Malignant redirects here. For the episode of Criminal Intent, see Malignant (Law Order: Criminal Intent). Malignancy (from the Latin roots male, Bad and ignos, Fire ) is the tendency of a medical condition, especially tumors, to become… … Wikipedia
