Citation

Haussmann R, Donix M, Bauer M, von Bonin S, Lewitzka U. Pharmacopsychiatry 2020; 53(5): 235-236.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/a-1167-3267

PMID

32392593

Abstract

Lithium has been the gold standard in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder for more than 40 years 1. Due to a narrow therapeutic index lithium intoxication still is a common but potentially avoidable clinical problem 2. The possibility of SILENT-syndrome (syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity) illustrates that prevention and optimal treatment of lithium intoxication is vitally important 3.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Female; Middle Aged; Treatment Outcome; Suicide, Attempted; Renal Dialysis; Bipolar Disorder; Antimanic Agents; Cognition Disorders; Critical Care; Lithium Carbonate; Neurotoxicity Syndromes