• Rev Med Interne · Feb 2021

    [Neurological complications attributable to lithium: An update].

    • T Marty, P Lebain, A Vandevelde, and J Madigand.
    • Service de psychiatrie adulte, CHU de Caen, centre Esquirol, Caen, France.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2021 Feb 1; 42 (2): 120-126.

    AbstractLithium intoxication may induce neurological complications, initially characterised by a conscience alteration and an encephalopathy clinical picture with a risk of death or sever long-term consequences. With an occurrence sometimes atypical and possibly without initial hyperlitemia, the diagnosis delay of these complications might be important. Moreover, no specific guidelines focused on these complications are available. The aim of this article is to propose an update on diagnosis and treatment of neurological complications attributable to lithium, as encephalopathy.Copyright © 2020 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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