Amiodarone-related acute respiratory distress syndrome following sudden withdrawal of steroids

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-249

  Charles, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b   Doise, Jean Marc ^a   Quenot, Jean Pierre ^a   Muller, Géraldine ^a   Aube, Hervé ^a   Baudouin, Nicolas ^a   Piard, Françoise ^a   Besancenot, Jean François ^a   Blettery, Bernard ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Amiodarone; Optic neuropathy; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLURRED VISION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHILS; PAPILLEDEMA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645220390     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088010     Document Type: Article

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