The potential use of adjunctive intraerythrocyte (RBC) lithium levels in detecting serious impending neurotoxicity in the elderly: Two case reports
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: 9-14
ISSN:0885-6230
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1002/gps.930050103
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
关键词: Lithium;red blood cell lithium concentration;intra‐erythrocyte lithium concentrations;geriatric;affective disorders;depression;mania
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe lithium literature indicates that geriatric psychiatric patients are particularly at risk for developing serious neurotoxic side‐effects. There is currently no reliable method for predicting which patients are at heightened risk for this adverse development. There is evidence that the adjunctive monitoring of intra‐erythrocyte (RBC) lithium levels may offer early indications that such toxicity is impending. Applications of such measurements are shown in two case reports which offer preliminary support for the value of RBC lev
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