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  • Title: Case of Severe Acute-on-Chronic Lithium Intoxication with 8.6 mmol/l and Prompt Hemodialysis.
    Author: Haussmann R, Donix M, Bauer M, von Bonin S, Lewitzka U.
    Journal: Pharmacopsychiatry; 2020 Sep; 53(5):235-236. PubMed ID: 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.
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