TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Case of Severe Acute-on-Chronic Lithium Intoxication with 8.6 mmol/l and Prompt Hemodialysis JO - Pharmacopsychiatry A1 - Haussmann, Robert A1 - Donix, Markus A1 - Bauer, Michael A1 - von Bonin, Simone A1 - Lewitzka, Ute SP - 235 EP - 236 VL - 53 IS - 5 N2 - 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.
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LA - en SN - 0176-3679 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1167-3267 ID - ref1 ER -