Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Ernawati, Desak Ketut ^a   Stafford, Leanne ^b   Hughes, Jeffery David ^b  

^a UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Interstitial lung diseases; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DATA BASE; EYE DISEASE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44949239788     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03177.x     Document Type: Article

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