| Autor: |
Mohammad Abu-Abaa, Maryam Al-Mohammed, Aliaa Mousa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2284-2594 |
| DOI: |
10.12890/2022_003538 |
| Popis: |
Lithium is a medication commonly used as a mood stabilizer and can have numerous long-lasting side effects. In this case report, we aim to remind clinicians of such consequences. A 68-year-old woman with a psychiatric history presented for mild COVID-19 and developed sinus bradycardia. A permanent pacemaker was planned for her but was cancelled following good history-taking which revealed prior lithium use. The patient was found to have hyperparathyroidism and hypothyroidism, treatment of which resolved the bradycardia. This case serves to remind clinicians that history-taking remains of paramount importance as in this scenario of bradycardia in a psychiatric patient. An invasive therapeutic measure was precluded by good history-taking. There are several mechanisms by which hypothyroidism and hyperparathyroidism can induce bradycardia. COVID-19 infection can also induce bradycardia. |
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