Association of lithium use with rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with bipolar disorder

Association of lithium use with rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with bipolar disorder

Background: Lithium has been linked with induction of proarrythmic electrocardiographical changes. However, it is unclear whether lithium use is associated with an increased rate of cardiac arrest. We investigated the rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with lithium exposure in a natio...

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Main Authors: Daniel Mølager Christensen, Grimur Høgnason Mohr, Lars Vedel Kessing, Kristian Hay Kragholm, Christoffer Polcwiartek, Kathrine Bach Søndergaard, Mads Wissenberg, Freddy Lippert, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Carlo Alberto Barcella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Subjects:
Arrythmia
Bipolar disorder
Cardiac arrest
Lithium
Mood stabilizer
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915321000913

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