Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity: Potentially fatal, recognize early during life!

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1363-1365

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b   Shah, Apurva B ^a   Dharmarajan, Lekshmi ^c,d  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 48449089267     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01715.x     Document Type: Letter

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