
IBCC Episode 109 - Lithium Toxicity
The Internet Book of Critical Care Podcast
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Getting Rid of Lithium in Kidneys
Lithium is handled much like sodium in the body. Loop diaretics and milrid are probably going to increase your excretion of lithium a little bit. You want to be giving them so much fluid that you maintain a positive, or kind ofan even ish fluid balance. And honestly, this subsection of nephogenic diputies incipitus is an important issue to be ware of whenever you're taking care of any patient who takes chroniclethium. The key thing is putting em on a high maintenance fluid rate of lactated ringers, and making them produce a lot of urine.
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