Hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction

We report the first case of hypotensive episodes associated with intravenous (IV) azithromycin. This is a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction (ADR), with the risk of irreversible end‐organ damage, and therefore must be recognized and treated immediately. In our case, the reaction was successfull...

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Autores principales: Wong, Jeffrey, Munsif, Maitri, O'Hehir, Robyn, Hew, Mark, Dabscheck, Eli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31406576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.464
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author Wong, Jeffrey
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description We report the first case of hypotensive episodes associated with intravenous (IV) azithromycin. This is a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction (ADR), with the risk of irreversible end‐organ damage, and therefore must be recognized and treated immediately. In our case, the reaction was successfully managed by immediate cessation of the azithromycin infusion. It is important for clinicians to be aware of this ADR as azithromycin is a commonly prescribed medication worldwide.
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spelling pubmed-66825412019-08-12 Hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction Wong, Jeffrey Munsif, Maitri O'Hehir, Robyn Hew, Mark Dabscheck, Eli Respirol Case Rep Case Reports We report the first case of hypotensive episodes associated with intravenous (IV) azithromycin. This is a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction (ADR), with the risk of irreversible end‐organ damage, and therefore must be recognized and treated immediately. In our case, the reaction was successfully managed by immediate cessation of the azithromycin infusion. It is important for clinicians to be aware of this ADR as azithromycin is a commonly prescribed medication worldwide. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2019-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6682541/ /pubmed/31406576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.464 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction
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title_fullStr Hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction
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title_short Hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction
title_sort hypotensive episodes associated with azithromycin infusion: a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31406576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.464
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