Citation

Offerman SR, Alsop JA, Lee J, Holmes JF. Clin. Toxicol. (Phila) 2010; 48(5): 443-448.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/15563650.2010.482533

PMID

20515402

Abstract

Background. Lithium overdose primarily results in neurologic toxicity; however, cardiac effects have also been reported. Our aim was to describe a large cohort of hospitalized lithium overdose patients. Specifically we were interested in reported cardiac complications, frequency of hemodialysis (HD), and mortality. Methods. This is a retrospective, observational case series of admitted isolated lithium exposure cases reported to the California Poison Control System (CPCS) from 2003 through 2007. Reported lithium exposure cases were identified by a search of our CPCS database. Only those cases resulting in hospital admission were included in this study. Cases with concomitant toxic exposures were excluded. Primary outcome variables were reported cardiac complications (defined as bradycardia with a heart rate

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