Clinically significant delayed absorption after lithium overdose has been reported previously without adequate explanation. We have studied two patients after they took massive intentional lithium overdoses. The first patient presented shortly after ingesting 74 g of lithium carbonate. Pharmacokinetic analysis with a multicompartmental model of 29 serum lithium concentrations during 300 h (incl...

Electrolytic solutions of lithium-ion batteries can be modified with additives to improve their stability and safety. Electroactive molecules can be used as such additives to act as an electron (redox) shuttle between the two electrodes to prevent overcharging. The electroactive ionic liquid, 1-ferrocenylmethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide (TFSI), was synthesised and i...

The titaniumoxoanion complex [(Et2O)2Li][OTi(N[ tBu]3,5-Me2C6H3)3] ([(Et2O)2Li][1]) reactswithCO2 indiethyl ether to form the carbonate complex ([Li][O2COTi(N[ tBu]3,5-Me2C6H3)3])6 ([Li][2]). The solidstate structure of complex [Li][2] is a hexamer with a hexagonal prismatic core comprised of six lithium cations bridgedby the carbonate functionality. In themonomeric subunits of [Li][2], the car...

This case report discusses a suspected case of lithium toxicity following the administration of topiramate (TPM). Our patient is a 47-year-old man who has been an inpatient for the past year and was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type 1 for the past 20 years according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). He manifes...

A multi-nuclear solid-state NMR approach is employed to investigate the lithium-air battery, to monitor the evolution of the electrochemical products formed during cycling, and to gain insight into processes affecting capacity fading. While lithium peroxide is identified by 17O solid state NMR (ssNMR) as the predominant product in the first discharge in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) based electroly...

OBJECTIVE Ocular dryness is a well-recognized adverse side effect of many topical and systemic medications. In psychiatry, patients who have consumed such drugs as lithium carbonate and sodium valproate frequently experience dry eye symptoms. The purpose of this study was to compare tear film stability between patients who use these drugs with those patients who are not on medication. METHODS...

Studies that compare the treatment response of patients diagnosed as primary affective disorder or schizoaffective disorder are reviewed. Although relatively few controlled or uncontrolled studies of the chemotherapy of schizoaffective disorders have been conducted, available evidence suggests that: (1) lithium carbonate is effective in the initial treatment of both schizoaffective mania and ma...

Lithium ethylene dicarbonate (CH2OCO2Li)2 was chemically synthesized and its Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrum was obtained and compared with that of surface films formed on Ni after cyclic voltammetry (CV) in 1.2M lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6)/ ethylene carbonate (EC): ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) (3:7, w/w) electrolyte and on metallic lithium cleaved in-situ in the same electro...

In a series of fifteen aggressive mentally subnormal patients treated with lithium carbonate, there was an improvement in aggressive behaviour in eleven cases, three patients showed no change and one patient became worse during lithium treatment. The response to lithium therapy was assessed by clinical observation and retrospective analysis of daily ward reports. Treatment had to be discontinue...

INTRODUCTION Electrolytes typically used in lithium batteries consist of a lithium salt dissolved in an organic solvent, or a mixture of these solvents. The solvents fall into two general classes: ethers or alkyl esters of carbonic acid. Because of lower volatility and higher flash point, the organic carbonates are the preferred solvent class in commercial batteries. Propylene carbonate (PC) ha...