Electrocardiographic changes caused by lithium intoxication in an elderly patient

• DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1602-6
• Publication Date: 2016-01-04T12:33:04Z
• Authors: Yiping Chen; Leilei Zheng; Weibo Liu; Huichun Li; Shaohua Yu; Qiaozhen Chen; Bin Pan; Hualiang Yu; Risheng Yu
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Case Study; 3. Good health

Lithium intoxication can cause serious cardiac toxicity and is associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. This paper described a case of a 76-year-old man who was lithium intoxicated and showed a variety of ECG abnormalities including sinus bradycardia, rapid atrial fibrillation, second-degree atrioventricular block and T wave changes. We monitored his ECGs during the after 3 days consecutively. After hemodialysis, his ECG abnormalities partially eased along with his serum lithium concentration decreased.