Severe amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism in an infant

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages e43-e45

  Trudel, Karen ^a   Sanatani, Shubhayan ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Constadina ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Arrhythmias; Congenital heart defects; Hypothyroidism; Infant; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; THYROXINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

AMIODARONE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79957815945     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e2a388     Document Type: Article

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