Malignant Catatonia Warrants Early Psychiatric-Critical Care Collaborative Management: Two Cases and Literature Review

Table 1

Complications associated with patient’s clinical features.

Clinical features	Potential complications
Autonomic instability	Hypotension, hypertension, arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, rhabdomyolysis, hemodynamic instability
Decreased movement	Thromboembolic disease, pressure ulcers, rhabdomyolysis
Decreased oral intake	Dehydration, hypovolemia, electrolyte derangements, inability to take oral medications
Catalepsy	Decreased airway clearance, aspiration pneumonia, hypoxemia, pneumonia