TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent amiodarone pulmonary toxicity
AU - Chendrasekhar, Akella
AU - Barke, Roderick A.
AU - Druck, Paul
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - Amiodarone, a widely used antiarrhythmic drug, is associated with pulmonary toxicity, with an estimated mortality of 1% to 33%. Standard treatment for amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) has been discontinuance of the drug and steroid therapy. We report a case of APT that recurred after withdrawal of steroids and failed to respond to reinstatement of steroid therapy. Recurrent APT is a rare clinical entity that has been reported only twice in recent literature.
AB - Amiodarone, a widely used antiarrhythmic drug, is associated with pulmonary toxicity, with an estimated mortality of 1% to 33%. Standard treatment for amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) has been discontinuance of the drug and steroid therapy. We report a case of APT that recurred after withdrawal of steroids and failed to respond to reinstatement of steroid therapy. Recurrent APT is a rare clinical entity that has been reported only twice in recent literature.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00016
M3 - Article
C2 - 8545700
AN - SCOPUS:0030068820
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 89
SP - 85
EP - 86
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -
