ONTERECHTE DIAGNOSE 'LITHIUMINTOXICATIE' DOOR GEBRUIK VAN BLOEDAFNAMEBUIZEN MET LITHIUM-HEPARINE

E. Frankfort; P. J. P. C. van den Bergh; J. P. H. Drenth; Y. A. Hekster; T. van der Werf; J. L. Willems

ONTERECHTE DIAGNOSE 'LITHIUMINTOXICATIE' DOOR GEBRUIK VAN BLOEDAFNAMEBUIZEN MET LITHIUM-HEPARINE

E. Frankfort^*, P. J. P. C. van den Bergh, J. P. H. Drenth, Y. A. Hekster, T. van der Werf, J. L. Willems

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Radboud University Medical Center

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Abstract

In two male patients, aged 53 and 21 years, lithium intoxication was suspected. The diagnosis was apparently confirmed by blood testing (the lithium concentrations amounted to 3.68 and 1.82 mmol/l, respectively). Retrospectively however it was found that blood sampling tubes with lithium-heparin as the anticoagulant had been used. No lithium intoxication was present in the patients. Clear instructions in writing are necessary to prevent this error.

Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	1017-1018
Journal	Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Volume	137
Issue number	20
Publication status	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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ONTERECHTE DIAGNOSE 'LITHIUMINTOXICATIE' DOOR GEBRUIK VAN BLOEDAFNAMEBUIZEN MET LITHIUM-HEPARINE

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