Follow-up computerized study of Clozaril therapy

Author

Ortiz, M.T. ; Kozma, K.E.

Author_Institution

NYS Inst. for Basic Res. in Dev. Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-19 Mar 1993

Firstpage

195

Lastpage

197

Abstract

The primary harmful side effect of Clozaril, an antipsychotic agent, is agranulocytosis. An established computerized database was modified and improved to monitor Clozaril patients in New York State Psychiatric Centers. Six centers with a total of 241 patients were monitored from 6/1/1991 to 9/30/1992. White blood cell test results were recorded for each patient. Thirteen patients were found to exhibit signs of agranulocytosis. The pattern of results for each of the 13 patients was examined, indicating that sound courses of action were subsequently taken. Further work is planned to include continued monitoring and age and/or sex based studies

Keywords

blood; cellular biophysics; computerised monitoring; medical computing; patient monitoring; patient treatment; relational databases; Clozapine; Clozaril therapy; MUMPS; RDBMS; agranulocytosis; antipsychotic agent; computerized database; computerized monitoring; continued monitoring; follow-up computerised study; harmful side effect; white blood cell counts; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Data mining; Demography; Drugs; Laboratories; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Psychology; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nineteenth Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Newark, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0925-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1993.404357

Filename

404357