Assertion: lithium's level | /r/HasProperty | stable
Facets:
value: for four weeks
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Renal function including BUN and SCr (baseline, every 2 to 3 months during the first 6 months of treatment, then once a year in stable patients or as clinically indicated); pediatric patients may require more frequent checks); serum electrolytes (baseline, then periodically), serum calcium (baseline, 2 to 6 weeks after initiation, then every 6 to 12 months; repeat as clinically indicated) (Broome 2011); thyroid (baseline, 1 to 2 times with in the first 6 months of treatment, then once a year in stable patients or as clinically indicated); beta-hCG pregnancy test for all females not known to be sterile (baseline); ECG with rhythm strip (baseline for all patients over 40 years or if underlying cardiac risk factors, repeat as clinical indicated), CBC with differential (baseline, repeat as clinically indicated); serum lithium levels (twice weekly until both patient's clinical status and levels are stable, then repeat levels every 1 to 3 months or as clinically indicated); weight (baseline, then periodically) (APA 2002; Mehta 2017); polyuria.
text: The lithium level will be checked quite frequently to begin with until it is certain that the level is stable and correct.
text: Then check levels weekly until levels have been stable for four weeks.