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A Patient Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Who Takes Lithium

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A patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder and who takes lithium telephones the nurse at the clinic to say, "I've had severe diarrhea 4 days. I feel very weak and unsteady when I walk. My usual hand tremor has gotten worse. What should I do?" The nurse should advise the patient:


Definitions:

Standardized Residual

The value obtained by dividing a residual by its standard deviation.

Studentized Deleted Residuals

Standardized residuals that are based on a revised standard error of the estimate obtained by deleting observation i from the data set and then performing the regression analysis and computations.

Residual Transformation

Residual transformation involves altering the residuals from a data model, possibly to meet the assumptions of linear regression such as normality or homoscedasticity.

Estimated Regression Equation

A formula that models the relationship between one or more independent variables and a dependent variable.

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