Lithium Toxicity and Refractory Cardiac Arrhythmia Treated with Intravenous Magnesium
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- 1 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Vol. 2 (4), 357-360
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x7400200411
Abstract
A case of refractory cardiac arrhythmia induced by lithium and controlled by intravenous magnesium sulphate is described The mechanism of action of the magnesium in controlling the arrhythmia is discussed.Keywords
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