Title: DKA Deaths Due to 2nd Generation Antipsychotics<br/>Author: Fermin Barrueto<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/74/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
Hyperglycemia in the setting of antipsychotic use has been reported mostly with olanzapine (Zyprexa) but does occur with other antipsychotics. A recent study from the NYC medical examiner's office details 17 deaths of DKA due to antipsychotics and found that (from highest to lowest incidence) quetiapine > olanzapine > risperidone were the atypical antipsychotics found with these deaths.</p>
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Remember hyperglycemia occurs with patients on antipsychotics and can lead to hyperglycemia hyperosmolar coma or DKA. Both can be lethal.</p>
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<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23278567" ref="ordinalpos=4&ncbi_uid=23278567&link_uid=23278567&linksrc=docsum_title" style="font-size: 1.108em; color: rgb(100, 42, 143); ">Fatal Diabetic Ketoacidosis and <b>Antipsychotic</b> Medication.</a></p>
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<span class="jrnl" title="Journal of forensic sciences">J Forensic Sci</span>. 2012 Dec 27. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12044.</p>
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