title: [Lithium poisoning].
abstract: A case of therapeutic overdosage in a 58-year-old woman is reported. Lithium plasma level was 3.7 mmol.l. All clinical and biological disturbances regressed in 3 days after controlled rehydration only. Aetiology, clinical picture, biological characteristics and treatment according to the severity of the lithium poisoning are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Martigues.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulmer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dembele
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Magnin
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008094:Lithium / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium