title: Occurrence of ventricular ectopics in a patient with therapeutic lithium level.
abstract: A young male with bipolar affective disorder, mania with psychotic features was started on lithium therapy. Four days later, he developed an irregular pulse on a lithium level of 0.45 mmol/L. An ECG showed multiple unifocal ventricular ectopics. The cardiac arrhythmia disappeared when lithium was discountinued.
authors: SUNITA SIMON KURPAD, MRC Psych., DNB., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore-560 034.
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