Is lithium monitoring NICE? Lithium monitoring in a UK secondary care setting.

Viktoriya L Nikolova Keerati PattanaseriDiego Hidalgo-MazzeiDavid TaylorAllan H Young

Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2018)

These data demonstrate that there is a gap between the NICE 2014 recommendation and lithium monitoring practice in secondary care, with a high number of lithium level results below the therapeutic minimum. Reminder strategies for secondary care practitioners, shared care agreements or a central registry for lithium users could improve monitoring performance.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
solid state
primary care
pain management
affordable care act
cross sectional
general practice