title: Lithium treatment of hypothermia caused by electric shock.
abstract: Prostaglandins have hyperthermic as well as hypothermic effects, and lithium, which inhibits the conversion of dihomogammalinolenic acid to PGE1, can produce hyperthermia. Electroconvulsive shock raises prostaglandin F in rat cerebral cortex and in the case presented here lithium normalized temperature in a patient who became hypothermic after she accidentally received an electric shock.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium