[Pulmonary adverse effect after amiodarone treatment--case report].
A case of amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity is presented in a 64 years old male. The patient had been treated with amiodarone for four years in daily dose 200 mg/day without any adverse effects until the daily dose was doubled. After withdrawing the drug, without any additional treatment, clinical, functional and partly radiological improvement was observed. Further radiological remission followed the introduction of corticosteroids. This case confirms the importance of dose boosting in the induction of amiodarone's toxicity. It also suggests a significant clinical and functional response to the discontinuation of amiodarone's administration.
Ziora
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Klinika Ftizjopneumonologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Zabrzu.
Kamiński
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Kozielski
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Oklek
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D000638:Amiodarone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
D000638:Amiodarone