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Title: Lithium Toxicity Management

Category: Toxicology

Keywords: lithium, renal failure, neurologic (PubMed Search)

Posted: 7/8/2007 by Fermin Barrueto (Updated: 7/21/2026)

Lithium Toxicity Management Initial Therapy: 2x maintenance fluid with normal saline Hemodialysis is controversial but will remove lithium quickly Association of permanent neurologic sequelae with elevated lithium level(1) o Looks like a cerebellar stroke 1- Adityanjee. The syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity (SILENT). Pharmacopsychiatry. 1989 Mar;22(2):81-3.
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