A pitfall of measuring lithium levels in neonates

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 752-754

  Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Moretti, Myla E ^a   Verjee, Zulfikarali H ^a   Shupak, Michael ^b   Ivanyi, Katalin E ^c   Ito, Shinya ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Lithium; Measurement of concentration; Neonate; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITHIUM; MALE;

EID: 57749120765     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181898978     Document Type: Article

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