Lithium toxicity.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Thundiyil JG ; Thundiyil JG
• Description:
  The medical use of lithium has evolved considerably since it was first used for gout and rheumatism in the 1800's. It was also used as a salt substitute in patients with hypertension, and was at one point present in the soft drink 7-Up. In the 1970's, the US FDA approved the use of lithium for the treatment of acute mania following studies in the 1950's by Cade and Schou. Currently, lithium is used to treat a variety of disorders including cluster headaches, alcoholism, and Grave's disease. Lithium is most commonly used, however, as the treatment of choice for recurrent bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Emergency Responders Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hypersensitivity Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects; Chemical-hypersensitivity; Chemical-properties; Drug-interaction; Drugs; Emergency-care; Emergency-treatment; Exposure-assessment; Exposure-methods; Health-care-facilities; Health-care-personnel; Medical-rescue-services; Medical-services; Medical-treatment; Physiological-effects; Physiological-response; Risk-analysis; Risk-factors; Statistical-analysis; Work-practices
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037230
• Citation:
  CALL US... 2003 Nov; 1(6):1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lithium (CAS RN 7439-93-2) ; Lithium (CAS RN 7439-93-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  CALL US... The Official Newsletter of the California Poison Control System
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248067/cdc_248067_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]