Is short-term amiodarone use post cardiac surgery a cause of acute respiratory failure?

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-512

  Carrio M L ^a   Fortia C ^a   Javierre, C ^b   Rodriguez D ^a   Farrero, E ^a   Ricart, A ^a   Castells, E ^a   Ventura, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Cardiac surgical procedures; Lung diseases, toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848955676     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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