Lithium overdose: Early hemodialysis is the key!

Lithium overdose: Early hemodialysis is the key! Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2015 Jan-Feb;26(1):122-4 Authors: Goel S, Nasa P, Gupta A, Gupta R, Taneja S Abstract A 65-year-old gentleman was referred to our hospital with encephalopathy and renal failure. His medications included lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder. The clinical examination and the laboratory investigations that followed revealed findings classical of lithium overdose. The patient was successfully managed and discharged from the hospital on Day 9 of admission. Clinicians should be aware of this rather unusual and relatively rare differential cause of acute on chronic renal failure with encephalopathy. PMID: 25579730 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research