Title :
Computerized monitoring of Clozaril therapy in NYS Psychiatric Centers
Author :
Ortiz, M.T. ; Burns, E.R. ; Seitz, F.C. ; Rudell, R.D.
Author_Institution :
New York State Inst. for Basic Res. in Dev. Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA
Abstract :
Clozaril, an antipsychotic agent, has several harmful side effects. An established computerized database was used to monitor Clozaril patients in New York State (NYS) Psychiatric Centers. Six centers with a total of 138 Clozaril patients were monitored from June to December 1991. White blood cell test results (WBC, % Gran (percentage of granulocytes), Hash Gran (absolute number of granulocytes)) were recorded for each patient. All but two patients had one Hash Gran value beyond normal limits, and these occurred in June 1991. Preliminary results indicate that agranulocytosis, a harmful side effect of Clozaril, is not present in the patients being monitored.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; database management systems; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; patient monitoring; patient treatment; Clozaril therapy; June to December 1991; NYS Psychiatric Centers; New York State; agranulocytosis; antipsychotic agent; computerised monitoring; computerized database; granulocytes; harmful side effects; white blood cell test results; Computerized monitoring; Data mining; Databases; Drugs; Laboratories; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Psychology; Testing; White blood cells;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 Eighteenth IEEE Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Kingston, RI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0902-2
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1992.285959
