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Purpura associated with lithium intoxication.
Correspondence To the Editor: Lithium is now the drug of choice of treating bipolar affective disorders. The optimal steady‑state concentration of lithium for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorders in generally considered to be 0.6–1.2 mmol/L, with slightly elevated steady state concentrations (0.8–1.4 mmol/L) indicated for the acute management of manic episodes. Because toxicity can occur ...
متن کاملA case of lithium intoxication.
LITHIuM, the lightest metal, has an atomic weight of seven and closely resembles sodium chemically. The ion is toxic and there are no therapeutic uses for lithium salts. Good (1903) quoted investigations of nearly twenty years previously in animals, where intravenous lithium salts depressed the heart's action and caused a fall in blood pressure. The dose of lithium salts necessary to stop the h...
متن کاملCase report on lithium intoxication with normal lithium levels
SUMMARY An 18-year old female was admitted to a psychiatric hospital with an initial episode of mania. Treated with routine dosages of lithium bicarbonate, her symptoms resolved after two weeks; she was discharged on a dosage of 250mg lithium bid. Five days after discharge she was taken to the emergency department of a general hospital with loss of appetite and disturbed consciousness. The gene...
متن کاملPreventing lithium intoxication. Guide for physicians.
OBJECTIVE To raise awareness of risk factors for, and symptoms of, lithium intoxication. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE The literature was searched via MEDLINE from January 1970 to December 1999 using the MeSH headings Lithium, Lithium Carbonate, Drug Toxicity, and Aging. Articles were selected based on clinical relevance and design. Most were case reports, case series, or reviews. MAIN MESSAGE A case...
متن کاملDISEASE OF THE MONTH Lithium Intoxication
Normally, lithium is not present in significant amounts in body fluids (,0.2 mEq/L). However, lithium salts have been used therapeutically for almost 150 years, beginning with its use for the treatment of gout (or uric acid diathesis) in the 1850s (1). Although gout was believed to include symptoms of mania and depression, it wasn’t until the 1880s that John Aulde and Carl Lange observed that l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0008-4824
DOI: 10.1177/070674377502000405