Using hypernatraemic events to predict reduced renal function in elderly lithium patients: A brief report

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-28

  Rej, Soham ^a   Senouci, Soumia I ^a   Looper, Karl ^a,b   Segal, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypernatraemia; Lithium; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEPHROGENIC; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LITHIUM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875638232     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2012.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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