A systematic review and pooled, patient‐level analysis of predictors of mortality in neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Objective Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a potentially fatal, idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotics. Due to low incidence of NMS, research on risk factors of mortality associated with NMS is limited. Methods Two authors independently searched Medline/Embase/Cochrane/CINAHL/PsychINFO databases for case reports with author‐defined NMS published in English until 05/30/2020. Demographic, clinical, treatment, and outcome data were...