Lithium monitoring in hospital and general practice
Open Access
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Psychiatric Bulletin
- Vol. 21 (9) , 570-572
- https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.21.9.570
Abstract
A survey of the current practice of lithium monitoring in a general hospital and the general practices it serves revealed erratic and infrequent assessments of serum lithium levels and also of renal and thyroid function. General practitioners, who in this study monitor approximately a third of the patients on lithium, performed worse than psychiatrists, but in neither case was there cause for complacency.Keywords
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