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Video of dantrolene effectiveness on neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated muscular rigidity and tremor

Miran Brvar1,2 email and Matjaz Bunc2,3

1Poison Control Centre, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2Institute for Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Zaloska cesta 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

3Department for Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloska cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Critical Care 2007, 11:415doi:10.1186/cc5907

Published: 1 June 2007


See related research by Reulbach et al.,http://ccforum.com/content/11/1/R4 and related letter by Roberts and Roberts, http://ccforum.com/content/11/3/413


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Additional File 1:

A video file showing rigid skeletal muscles of a 'lead pipe' nature, cogwheel phenomena and resting tremor in a patient with NMS caused by amisulpride treatment.

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Additional File 2:

A video file skeletal muscle hypotonia without cogwheel phenomena and tremor after dantrolene treatment in a patient with NMS caused by amisulpride treatment.

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