A 53-year-old woman was brought to the Emergency Department for a persistent state of stupor, tremors, fever and oliguria. The patient had been under treatment for depression. The electrocardiogram showed a wider QRS complex; laboratory tests were as follows: urea 110 mg/dL, creatinine 3 mg/dL, sodium 135 mEq/L, potassium 4.5 mEq/L, and lithium 8.0 mEq/L. Renal replacement was initiated to normalize plasma lithium levels; both stupor and speech impairment persisted for several days after dialysis. Complete recovery was achieved several days afterwards.
Prolonged neurological burden in severe lithium intoxication / Giuliani, Enrico; Iseppi, D.; Orlandi, M. c.; Barbieri, Alberto. - In: MINERVA ANESTESIOLOGICA. - ISSN 0375-9393. - STAMPA. - 76:(2010), pp. 463-465.
Prolonged neurological burden in severe lithium intoxication
GIULIANI, Enrico;BARBIERI, Alberto
2010
Abstract
A 53-year-old woman was brought to the Emergency Department for a persistent state of stupor, tremors, fever and oliguria. The patient had been under treatment for depression. The electrocardiogram showed a wider QRS complex; laboratory tests were as follows: urea 110 mg/dL, creatinine 3 mg/dL, sodium 135 mEq/L, potassium 4.5 mEq/L, and lithium 8.0 mEq/L. Renal replacement was initiated to normalize plasma lithium levels; both stupor and speech impairment persisted for several days after dialysis. Complete recovery was achieved several days afterwards.
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