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Serum lithium test requesting across three UK regions: An evaluation of adherence to monitoring guidelines

2021-01-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Bipolar disorder is the fourth most common mental health condition, affecting ~1% of UK adults. Lithium is an effective treatment for prevention of relapse and hospital admission, and is widely recommended as a first-line treatment. We previously showed in other areas that laboratory testing patterns are variable with sub-optimal conformity to guidance. We there...

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Literature Corpus work: 111eee88-b668-59f1-8c12-a2d67e7e705f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-20673/v4

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