A Case of Bipolar Affective Disorder and Aspiration Pneumonia

Adults with mental illness are at a higher risk of aspiration pneumonia than the general population. We describe the case of a patient with bipolar affective disorder and two separate episodes of aspiration pneumonia associated with acute mania. We propose that he had multiple predisposing factors,...

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Published in:Case reports in psychiatry 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.1-2
Main Authors: Gerada, Alessandro, Dell'Erba, Gaetano
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Drug therapy
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Older people
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Summary:Adults with mental illness are at a higher risk of aspiration pneumonia than the general population. We describe the case of a patient with bipolar affective disorder and two separate episodes of aspiration pneumonia associated with acute mania. We propose that he had multiple predisposing factors, including hyperverbosity, sedative medications, polydipsia (psychogenic and secondary to a comorbidity of diabetes insipidus), and neuroleptic side effects.
ISSN:2090-682X
2090-6838
DOI:10.1155/2013/360348