title: [Long-term treatment with lithium and renal function. A review and reappraisal].
abstract: Systematic cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on the effect of lithium treatment have been carried out over the last decade on large numbers of patients. The outcome of the studies is clear and consistent: Lithium treatment does not, not even when given for many years, lead to any change in the glomerular filtration rate, let alone to renal failure. Rises of urine volume and falls of renal concentration ability may occur, but they do not signal deterioration of glomerular function. The fear of eventual kidney insufficiency as a result of long-term lithium treatment can be set at rest.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Psychiatrique, Risskov, Danemark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schou
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000139:chemically induced; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium
vernacular_title: Traitement de longue durée par lithium et fonction rénale. Revue et réadjustement.