title: [Role of hemodialysis in the management of acute lithium intoxication].
abstract: We report the case of a 47-years old patient, traited with lithium for manic-depressive psychosis over a period of twenty and admitted to hospital with a disorder of consciousness after suicide attempt with lithium overdose (ingestion of 30 tablets of Téralithe(®) LP 400, delayed action galenic forms corresponding to 12 g of lithium carbonate), clinically improved after three hemodialysis sessions. This study illustrates the therapeutic role of hemodialysis in voluntary intoxications with extended release lithium even a week after the ingestion and the therapeutic insufficiency of a single hemodialysis session.
authors: Service de Néphrologie, CHU Hassan II, Equipe de Recherche REIN, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Fès, Maroc.
authors: Jaouad El
authors: JE
authors: Maghraoui
authors: Service de Néphrologie, CHU Hassan II, Equipe de Recherche REIN, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Fès, Maroc.
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Kabbali
authors: Service de Néphrologie, CHU Hassan II, Equipe de Recherche REIN, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Fès, Maroc.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Arrayhani
authors: Service de Néphrologie, CHU Hassan II, Equipe de Recherche REIN, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Fès, Maroc.
authors: Tarik Sqalli
authors: TS
authors: Houssaini
mesh_terms: D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D062787:Drug Overdose; D006801:Humans; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018692:Antimanic Agents; D016651:Lithium Carbonate
keywords: Manic-depressive psychosis; disorder of consciousness; hemodialysis; lithium intoxication