Amiodarone-induced Hyponatremia: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Amiodarone is a widely used medication for controlling various types of cardiac arrhythmias. Nonetheless, it carries several known adverse effects that may preclude its use or necessitate discontinuation. Hyponatremia resulting from amiodarone is rarely reported, and its incidence is unknown. We pre...

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Autores principales: Barham, Waseem, Zeayter, Samer A., Safadi, Abdulrahman, Thakur, Ranjan K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MediaSphere Medical 2018
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Complex Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477802
http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2018.090303
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author Barham, Waseem
Zeayter, Samer A.
Safadi, Abdulrahman
Thakur, Ranjan K.
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description Amiodarone is a widely used medication for controlling various types of cardiac arrhythmias. Nonetheless, it carries several known adverse effects that may preclude its use or necessitate discontinuation. Hyponatremia resulting from amiodarone is rarely reported, and its incidence is unknown. We present a case of severe hyponatremia secondary to amiodarone therapy and a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-72527662020-05-28 Amiodarone-induced Hyponatremia: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature Barham, Waseem Zeayter, Samer A. Safadi, Abdulrahman Thakur, Ranjan K. J Innov Card Rhythm Manag Complex Case Study Amiodarone is a widely used medication for controlling various types of cardiac arrhythmias. Nonetheless, it carries several known adverse effects that may preclude its use or necessitate discontinuation. Hyponatremia resulting from amiodarone is rarely reported, and its incidence is unknown. We present a case of severe hyponatremia secondary to amiodarone therapy and a review of the literature. MediaSphere Medical 2018-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7252766/ /pubmed/32477802 http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2018.090303 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252766/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2018.090303
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