A clinician's guide to monitoring kidney function in lithium-treated patients

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1153-1157

  Jefferson, James W ^a  

^a Healthcare Technology Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; LITHIUM; UREA; LITHIUM CARBONATE; TRANQUILIZER;

ALBUMINURIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FLUID INTAKE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MICTURITION; OSMOLALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; REVIEW; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG MONITORING; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY; URINE;

ALBUMINURIA; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING ABILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957833813     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05917yel     Document Type: Review

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