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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2500-5006</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Nefrología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. colom. nefrol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2500-5006</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2500-50062018000200190</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22265/acnef.0.0.310</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A true dialytic urgency: lithium intoxication]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Intoxicación por litio, una verdadera urgencia dialítica]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montoya-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Giraldo-Hinestroza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tomás]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Osorio Ospina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Felipe]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Echeverri Diaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rico-Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria Antonia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Restrepo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Aníbal]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rico-Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Simon]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,CES University Medicine department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,CES University School of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificial Bolivarian University of Colombia Medicine department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Cooperative University of Colombia Medicine department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,CES University School of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Mayo Clinic Cardiology department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>190</fpage>
<lpage>194</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2500-50062018000200190&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2500-50062018000200190&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2500-50062018000200190&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Lithium carbonate is a drug widely used in Colombia for the treatment of various psychiatric pathologies such as treatment in patients with bipolar affective disorder, however its narrow therapeutic index predisposes to the occurrence of acute poisoning, unlikely to happen but could be fatal. It should be said that its diagnosis requires a high rate of suspicion because it presents various clinical manifestations such as neuropsychia-tric symptoms and even mental disorders of an organic type that can be complicated by an acute kidney injury requiring emergency dialysis therapy. We report the case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with alteration in the state of consciousness in whom lithium poisoning was found and who required hemodialysis in an early stage. In conclusion, in a patient with risk factor and therapy with this drug is very important to guide appropriate treatment, and also discard differential diagnosis, in order to avoid fatal consequences.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El carbonato de litio es un fármaco ampliamente usado en Colombia para el tratamiento de varias patologías psiquiátricas, como es el caso del trastorno afectivo bipolar; sin embargo, su índice terapéutico estrecho predispone a intoxicación aguda. Aunque esta reacción rara vez ocurre, puede ser fatal. El diagnóstico de intoxicación aguda por carbonato de litio requiere una alta tasa de sospecha, pues se presenta con varias manifestaciones como síntomas neuropsiquiátricos e incluso desórdenes mentales, que pueden complicarse por injuria renal aguda requiriendo terapia dialítica emergente. A continuación se presenta el caso de una paciente que se llegó al servicio de urgencias con alteración en el estado de conciencia. Finalmente, se diagnosticó intoxicación por litio y la mujer requirió hemodiálisis. En conclusión, en un paciente con factores de riesgo y terapia con este medicamento es muy importante guiar un manejo apropiado y descartar diagnósticos diferenciales, esto con el fin de evitar consecuencias fatales.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dialysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[poisoning]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lithium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic kidney disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fatal outcome]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urinary bladder diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diálisis, intoxicación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[litio, enfermedad renal crónica, resultado fatal, enfermedades de la vejiga urinaria]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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