Role of hemodialysis in the management of acute lithium intoxication

We report the case of a 47-years old patient, traited with lithium for manic-depressive psychosis over a period of twenty and admitted to hospital with a disorder of consciousness after suicide attempt with lithium overdose (ingestion of 30 tablets of Téralithe(®) LP 400, delayed action galenic forms corresponding to 12 g of lithium carbonate), clinically improved after three hemodialysis sessions. This study illustrates the therapeutic role of hemodialysis in voluntary intoxications with extended release lithium even a week after the ingestion and the therapeutic insufficiency of a single hemodialysis session

Référence3117
Année2016
TypeArticle
Lien externehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583091
AuteurEl maghraoui J
Auteurs associésKabbali N, Arrayhani M, Houssaini TS
DisciplineNéphrologie
RevuePan Afr Med J
Référence Revue1,01875