Atrial flutter in the newborn resulting from maternal lithium ingestion.
Open Access
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 58 (7) , 538-539
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.58.7.538
Abstract
We report a case of isolated atrial flutter in a neonate, attributable to maternal lithium treatment, and suggest that the assessment of all infants born to mothers on lithium treatment during pregnancy should include an electrocardiogram.Keywords
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