@article{ref1,
title="Life-threatening acute lithium intoxication and treatment methods (case report)",
journal="Anestezi dergisi",
year="2006",
author="Şahin Yildiz, T. and Hoşten, T. and Toker, K. and Solak, M.",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="210-212",
abstract="Because of the narrow therapeutic index of lithium and the increasing number of patients on long-term therapy, toxicity is becoming more common. A 50-year-old woman was admitted to the intensive care unit after taking an intentional overdose of lithium tablets, mianserin hydrochloride, biperiden hydrochloride, and alprazolam in a suicide attempt and being intubated. The serum lithium level of the patient, who had previously been treated with lithium for 10 years due to a bipolar affective disorder, was 8.30 mEq L-1 on admission. The patient was treated by forced diuresis, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) followed by hemodialysis. On the seventeenth day in the intensive care unit, the lithium level was 0.2 mEq L-1. She was discharged to the psychiatric ward in a fully conscious and cooperative state on the thirty-ninth day of intensive care. In this case report, we aimed to evaluate our practice on a patient with life-threatening acute lithium intoxication, who was treated successfully with forced diuresis and CVVHDF followed by hemodialysis.<p /><p>Language: tr</p>",
language="tr",
issn="1300-0578",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}