For example, a 62-pound, 50-inch tall, 8-year-old girl has a BMI of 17.5, which puts her at the 77th percentile for age. This is a healthy weight for her age and her parents should expect future weight gains to keep her BMI-for-age tracking along the 77th percentile as she gets older.
antipsychotic agents to cause hyperprolactinaemia is related to their potency in antagonising DA-2 receptors on the anterior pituitary. The patients greatest at risk are young women pre-puberty, due to HPG dysfunction
Note that choice of antipsychotic should be based on the consideration of many factors and not just incidence of hyperprolactinaemia â e.g. indication / efficacy, full side effect profile and patient choice (where appropriate). 2.0 Causes of Hyperprolactinaemia There are many causes of hyperprolactinaemia, including the ones listed below (Table 1). The scope of this guideline will concentrate on antipsychotic induced hyperprolactinaemia. Table 1: Causes of hyperprolactinaemia3 Physiological causes Pharmacological causes Pathological causes