Prolactin ordering patterns in psychiatric inpatients and the impact this has on patient management.

CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to guideline recommendations of baseline prolactin testing was poor. When established on antipsychotics, measuring prolactin rarely changed management in asymptomatic patients; however, it did in those with hyperprolactinaemic symptoms. Measuring prolactin in asymptomatic patients on antipsychotics appears unhelpful. PMID: 32586112 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australasian Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research