Fatal Acute Liver Failure With Intravenous Amiodarone: A Case Report and Literature Review

Amiodarone is a drug which frequently causes elevated transaminases. However, acute liver failure has been rarely reported. Here, we present a case of fatal acute liver failure following the administration of intravenous amiodarone. It is important to be aware of this rare but potentially fatal comp...

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Autores principales: Gayam, Vijay, Khalid, Mazin, Dahal, Sumit, Garlapati, Pavani, Gill, Arshpal, Alex, Ragin, Mansour, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5827905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29511409
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr911w
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author Gayam, Vijay
Khalid, Mazin
Dahal, Sumit
Garlapati, Pavani
Gill, Arshpal
Alex, Ragin
Mansour, Mohammad
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description Amiodarone is a drug which frequently causes elevated transaminases. However, acute liver failure has been rarely reported. Here, we present a case of fatal acute liver failure following the administration of intravenous amiodarone. It is important to be aware of this rare but potentially fatal complication of intravenous amiodarone so that it can be withdrawn immediately at the first sign of hepatic impairment.
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spelling pubmed-58279052018-03-06 Fatal Acute Liver Failure With Intravenous Amiodarone: A Case Report and Literature Review Gayam, Vijay Khalid, Mazin Dahal, Sumit Garlapati, Pavani Gill, Arshpal Alex, Ragin Mansour, Mohammad Gastroenterology Res Case Report Amiodarone is a drug which frequently causes elevated transaminases. However, acute liver failure has been rarely reported. Here, we present a case of fatal acute liver failure following the administration of intravenous amiodarone. It is important to be aware of this rare but potentially fatal complication of intravenous amiodarone so that it can be withdrawn immediately at the first sign of hepatic impairment. Elmer Press 2018-02 2018-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5827905/ /pubmed/29511409 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr911w Text en Copyright 2018, Gayam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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