Amiodarone use in patients with documented allergy to iodine-containing compounds

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-434

  Brouse, Sara D ^a   Phillips, Stanley M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Kroger Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Contrast media; Hypersensitivity; Iodine; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMIODARONE; DYE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE; IODIXANOL; TROPOMYOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; RASH; SHELLFISH; SINUS RHYTHM; STOMACH PAIN; TABLET; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14544304049     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.25.3.429.61602     Document Type: Article

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