Lithium Toxicity from the Addition of an ACE Inhibitor with an Unexpected Type I Brugada Pattern ECG: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Lithium Toxicity from the Addition of an ACE Inhibitor with an Unexpected Type I Brugada Pattern ECG: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego

Aaron Schneir et al. J Med Toxicol. 2020 Jul.

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Keywords: Brugada syndrome; Lithium.

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ECG performed on hospital day 1 that demonstrates a type 1 Brugada pattern

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Four chronological ECG’s throughout hospital stay with associated sodium and lithium levels (mmol/L)

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