Citation

Novikova N, Chitnis M, Linder V, Hofmeyr GJ. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. 2009; 49(4): 442-444.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01017.x

PMID

19694706

Abstract

A case of an attempted suicide with atypical antipsychotic (clozapine) in late pregnancy is reported. Toxic effects of clozapine in the mother as well as in the fetus and newborn were observed. It should be remembered as a rare cause of unexplained loss of consciousness in pregnant women, a cause of abnormalities on fetal cardiotocogram as well as a cause of delayed peristalsis in a newborn baby.

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