RRB Paramedical Staff Nurse Model Paper 5

Patients with bipolar disorder on long-term treatment with lithium are typically maintained at serum lithium concentrations between 0.6 and 1.0 mEq/L. Although there are individual exceptions, serum lithium levels below 0.6 mEq/L have been shown in controlled clinical trials The therapeutic effective serum lithium concentration level is monitored for 10-14 hrs.