Assertion: lithium's use | /r/HasProperty | unavoidable
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text: Cardiovascular disease: Generally avoid use in patients with significant cardiovascular disease due to an increased risk of lithium toxicity; if use is unavoidable, use with extreme caution and monitor serum lithium levels closely.
text: If use is unavoidable, use extreme caution and monitor serum lithium levels closely.
text: If use is unavoidable, use extreme caution and monitor serum lithium levels closely.
text: • Debilitated: Generally avoid use in severely debilitated patients due to an increased risk of lithium toxicity; if use is unavoidable, use extreme caution and monitor serum lithium levels closely.
text: Lithium should generally not be given to patients with significant renal or cardiovascular disease, severe debilitation or dehydration, or sodium depletion due to risk of lithium toxicity, or concomitant medications affecting renal function (such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, loop and thiazide diuretics, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents); if use is unavoidable, lithium may be undertaken with extreme caution, including frequent serum lithium determinations and possibly hospitalization.
text: Gong 2016 Lithium should generally not be given to patients with significant renal or cardiovascular disease, severe debilitation, or dehydration or sodium depletion, due to risk of lithium toxicity; if use is unavoidable, lithium may be undertaken with extreme caution, including frequent serum lithium determinations and possibly hospitalization.