Acute intoxication with sustained-release lithium carbonate tablets. À propos of a case;Intoxicación aguda por comprimidos de liberación sostenida de carbonato de litio. A propósito de un caso clínico

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-143

  Borrás Blasco, Joaquín ^a,b   Murcia Lopez A ^a   Romero Crespo, I ^a   Sirvent Pedreno A ^a   Navarro Ruiz, A ^a  

^a Hospital General Universitario   (United States)

^b Hospital General Universitario de Elche   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute intoxication; Lithium; Overdose; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE;

EID: 20944443165     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-6343(05)73650-3     Document Type: Article

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