2014 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 78-80
The patient was a 40-year old woman who saw a doctor regularly for manic-depressive psychosis. She took in too much medicine for suicide attempt sometimes. She ingested a total of 119 tablets, including 44 lithium carbonate tablets. She took in for suicide attempt April in 2012 year. She was brought to our hospital 3 hr later. When she arrived, she was not able to talk well, she was drowsy and her Lithium concentration was 2.89mEq/L. We conducted hemodialysis to remove lithium for 4 hours. She recovered consciousness and she was able to talk well soon. The next day we conducted additional hemodialysis for lithium rebound-phenomenon. Two times hemodialysis has done and her condition has improved uneventfully.
