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Chronic kidney disease incidences in Thai outpatients diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses receiving lithium maintenance therapy: a university hospital-based study
BackgroundThere has been no previous study in Thailand regarding the incidence of lithium-induced abnormal renal function. Hence, this study aimed to...
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Lifetime risk of severe kidney disease in lithium-treated patients: a retrospective study
BackgroundLithium is an essential psychopharmaceutical, yet side effects and concerns about severe renal function impairment limit its usage.
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Long-term lithium therapy and risk of chronic kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia: a cohort study
BackgroundLithium is well recognized as the first-line maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder (BD). However, besides therapeutic benefits...
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Moving toward a contemporary classification of drug-induced kidney disease
Drug-induced kidney disease (DIKD) accounts for about one-fourth of all cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients, especially in...
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Chronic kidney disease and severe mental illness: a sco** review
BackgroundPeople who have severe mental illness experience higher rates of long-term conditions and die on average 15–20 years earlier than people...
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Key questions on the long term renal effects of lithium: a review of pertinent data
For over half a century, it has been widely known that lithium is the most efficacious maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder. Despite thorough...
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Chronic kidney disease in lithium-treated patients, incidence and rate of decline
BackgroundLithium-induced nephropathy is a known long-term complication, sometimes limiting the use of lithium as mood stabilizer. The aim of this...
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Lithium poisoning and renal replacement therapy: pathophysiology and current clinical recommendations
Lithium intoxication is still an undefined and underestimated disease, especially those cases requiring extracorporeal treatment. Lithium is a...
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Prediction of individuals at high risk of chronic kidney disease during treatment with lithium for bipolar disorder
BackgroundLithium is the most effective treatment in bipolar disorder. Its use is limited by concerns about risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We...
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Drug stewardship in chronic kidney disease to achieve effective and safe medication use
People living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often experience multimorbidity and require polypharmacy. Kidney dysfunction can also alter the...
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Effectiveness of ultra-long-term lithium treatment: relevant factors and case series
BackgroundThe phenomenon of preventing the recurrences of mood disorders by the long-term lithium administration was discovered sixty years ago. Such...
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The role of copeptin in kidney disease
Copeptin is a 39-amino acid glycopeptide that is secreted equimolecularly with arginine-vasopressin (AVP) from the prepro-hormone AVP in the...
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Psychotropic Drugs and Adverse Kidney Effects: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade of Research
Background and ObjectivePsychotropic drugs are a heterogenous group of treatments prescribed for many psychiatric disorders, often for long periods....
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Lithium-induced nephropathy; One medication with multiple side effects: a case report
BackgroundLithium carbonate is commonly used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. A spectrum of side effects is associated with lithium, including...
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Design of two ongoing clinical trials of tolvaptan in the treatment of pediatric patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
PurposeAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a hereditary condition characterized by massive kidney enlargement and developmental...
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Effect of severity and etiology of chronic kidney disease in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction
ObjectiveThe study investigates the prognostic impact of the severity and etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with heart failure...
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Why is lithium [not] the drug of choice for bipolar disorder? a controversy between science and clinical practice
BackgroundDuring over half a century, science has shown that lithium is the most efficacious treatment for bipolar disorder but despite this, its...
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Facts and myths about the use of lithium for bipolar disorder in routine clinical practice: an expert consensus paper
BackgroundBipolar disorder is one of the most burdensome severe mental disorders, characterized by high levels of personal and social disability....
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Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients (HINT) – a prospective observational cohort study
BackgroundKidney transplant recipients receive maintenance immunosuppressive therapy to avoid allograft rejection resulting in increased risk of...
