One lithium level >1.0 mmol/L causes an acute decline in eGFR: Findings from a retrospective analysis of a monitoring database

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kirkham, E ^a,b   Skinner, J ^c   Anderson, T ^b   Bazire, S ^a,b   Twigg, M J ^a   Desborough, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912044304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006020     Document Type: Article

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