Application of the Cockcroft-Gault method to estimate lithium dosage requirement

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Chiu, Chih Chiang ^b,c   Shen, Winston W ^a,b   Chen, Kun Po ^c   Lu, Mong Liang ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Calculation; Creatinine clearance; Equation; Lithium

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247580224     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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