Hospitalized lithium overdose cases reported to theCalifornia Poison Control System

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-448

  Offerman, Steven R ^a,b   Alsop, Judith A ^b   Lee, James ^c   Holmes, James F ^c  

^a Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b California Poison Control System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac complications; Lithium; Overdose

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISON CENTER; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRADYCARDIA; CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LITHIUM; OVERDOSE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954231287     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.482533     Document Type: Article

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