Acute respiratory distress syndrome: A rare presentation of amantadine toxicity

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-3

  Cattoni, Juan ^a   Parekh, Ravish ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amantadine; ARDS; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84891853546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889931     Document Type: Article

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