Lithium toxicity: An iatrogenic problem in susceptible individuals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 833-840

  Oakley, Patrick W ^a   Whyte, Ian M ^a   Carter, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lithium; Risk factors; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LITHIUM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LITHIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035679506     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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