Lithium poisoning: Pharmacokinetics and clearance during different therapeutic measures

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Eyer, Florian ^a   Pfab, Rudolf ^a   Felgenhauer, Norbert ^a   Lutz, Jens ^a   Heemann, Uwe ^a   Steimer, Werner ^b   Zondler, Sabine ^c   Fichtl, Burkhard ^d   Zilker, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Chemical Institute of the Environmental Protection Office   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LITHIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMILORIDE; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FUROSEMIDE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; OVERDOSE; POISONING; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744460797     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000218405.02738.b3     Document Type: Article

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