Lithium in the elderly: A review with special focus on the use of intraerythrocyte (RBC) levels in detecting serious impending neurotoxicity
作者:
Jeffrey R. Foster,
Michael Silver,
Istvan J. E. Boksay,
期刊:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 1
页码: 1-7
ISSN:0885-6230
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1002/gps.930050102
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
关键词: Lithium;red blood cell lithium concentration;intra‐erythrocyte lithium concentration;geriatric;affective disorders;depression;mania
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe elderly are at high risk to develop neurotoxicity in the course of lithium therapy. This is especially true for patients with neurologic or cognitive impairments. This may occur even when lithium treatment is modified to include lower doses and lower target blood levels. The literature is reviewed concerning current uses of lithium in older patients. The rationale for expecting that red blood cell (RBC) lithium levels could have predictive value in the early detection of impending serious neurotoxicity is discussed. There appears to be a critical value for RBC lithium in the region of 0.6 mEq/ 1 that is ominous as a harbinger of impending toxicity. This critical concentration may be considerably lower for patients with dementia.
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