Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Drug-induced Pressure Ulcers in a Middle-aged Patient with Early-stage Parkinson's Disease
Yuichi HayashiHideaki ShibataTakuya KudoShohei NishidaRie IshikawaChie MoriyaAkio SuzukiAkio KimuraTakashi Inuzuka
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2018 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1483-1486

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Abstract

Drug-induced pressure ulcer (DIPU), which is a newly recognized adverse drug reaction, is associated with the administration of psychiatric drugs in geriatric patients with dementia. The notification of the causative drugs is crucial to the treatment of DIPU. We herein report the case of a 56-year-old woman with early-stage Parkinson's disease who developed DIPUs after starting olanzapine treatment for depressive symptoms. Our findings illustrate that if an akinetic patient with pressure ulcers is encountered, the patient's medication should be reviewed by a multidisciplinary team, to evaluate whether the development of the pressure ulcer is drug-related, regardless of the patient's age.

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