Prolactin ordering patterns in psychiatric inpatients and the impact this has on patient management.
Annabel S JonesShoshana Sztal-MazerIlan RauchbergerPeter Shane HamblinPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2020)
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.