Oropharyngeal Dysphagia as a Clinical Presentation of Lithium Intoxication: A Case Report

Autor: Selma Tural Hesapçıoğlu, Mehmet Fatih Ceylan, Dilan Aydin
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 60:1443-1445
ISSN: 0890-8567
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.07.003
Popis: Lithium is an effective treatment option for bipolar disorder in children and adolescents; however, the therapeutic window is narrow, and psychiatric, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, dermatological, and endocrine side effects have been observed during lithium therapy.1 Iatrogenic dysphagia has been reported with psychotropic drugs, benzodiazepines, anti-inflammatory drugs, and some vasoactive drugs.2 However, oropharyngeal dysphagia due to lithium toxicity has not been reported in the literature.
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