Key adverse effects of lithium
Lithium's four T's
Guides counselling and monitoring of levels, renal and thyroid function.
Leaves out weight gain, leucocytosis and toxicity features such as coarse tremor and ataxia.
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Lithium's four T's. It helps you recall: Key adverse effects of lithium.
Teratogenicity (Ebstein's anomaly)
T: Tremor; T: Thirst and polyuria (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus); T: Thyroid (hypothyroidism); T: Teratogenicity (Ebstein's anomaly).
It belongs to Psychopharmacology in Psychiatry.
Leaves out weight gain, leucocytosis and toxicity features such as coarse tremor and ataxia.
Guides counselling and monitoring of levels, renal and thyroid function.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Psychiatry question about Psychopharmacology.
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