RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neutropenia among psychiatric in-patients
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 260
OP 262
VO 14
IS 3
A1 Al-Namlah, Riyadh A.
A1 Al-Qahtani, Mohamed M.
A1 Daghash, Hadeel F.
YR 2009
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/3/260.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE: To explore the frequency of neutropenia in psychiatric patients.METHODS: We conducted this study by retrospectively taking a convenient sample from patients who were admitted to Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health (ACMH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January to December 2004. Fifty-one patients (48 men and 3 women), with a mean age of 34 years (18-52 years) were included.RESULTS: We found that there is a large difference between the rates of neutropenia in the general population (12.8 cases/million persons/year), obtained from international studies, and in psychiatric inpatients included in our study (26400 cases/million psychiatric patients/year).CONCLUSION: Psychiatric patients are more vulnerable to develop neutropenia.