Bridging Community Mental Health and Primary Care to Improve Medication Monitoring and Outcomes for Patients With Mental Illness Taking Second-Generation Antipsychotics—HDC/DFMC Bridge Project, Phase 1

4.54 a Retrospective Review of Clozapine use in Children and Adolescents

“…In our study, limited follow-up testing occurred after clozapine initiation, as the mean duration of hospitalization from clozapine start to discharge was shorter than the duration between follow-up intervals recommended in guidelines (Pringsheim et al, 2011). There is a risk that ongoing metabolic monitoring may lapse after discharge due to lack of coordination between the antipsychotic prescribers and primary care clinicians (Hager et al, 2019). Dedicated mental health metabolic monitoring programs may help ensure consistently appropriate metabolic follow-up occurs for patients taking clozapine.…”