Acute amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity following lung resection.
Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity has been described mostly in patients receiving large doses of the drug over prolonged periods. In this report, we describe the early onset of acute pulmonary toxicity leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome after a short course of amiodarone treatment following middle-lobe non-small-cell lung cancer resection.
Handschin
Alexander Edmund
AE
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lardinois
Didier
D
Schneiter
Didier
D
Bloch
Konrad
K
Weder
Walter
W
D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone