Digitalis intoxication secondary to treatment with clarithromycin;Intoxicación digitálica secundaria al tratamiento con claritromicina

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-213

  Bonilla Porras, Macarena ^a   Lucena Campillo, M A ^a   Delgado Silveira, E ^b   Ramallal Jimenez Del Llano M C ^a   Garcia Diaz B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Digitalis interactions and intoxication; Digoxin

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; AGED; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23644450216     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-6343(05)73663-1     Document Type: Article

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