An elderly male presented to the hospital and inadvertently has their medications held. Over the course of days they develop muscle rigidity, delirium and fever. What is the diagnosis and which medication was held?
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, L-Dopa. (Lurdes Tse, Alasdair M. Barr, Vanessa Scarapicchia and Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, “Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Review from a Clinically Oriented Perspective”, Current Neuropharmacology (2015) 13: 395. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570159X13999150424113345)
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