Low-dose amiodarone-induced fatal liver failure

E Akbal, H Batgi, E Koçak, T Canatan… - Drug and Chemical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Drug and Chemical Toxicology and males showed a higher incidence of hepatotoxicity than
females in patients receiving iv amiodarone treatment (Huang et al., 2009). Hepatic toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Acute liver and renal failure: a rare adverse effect exclusive to intravenous form of amiodarone

R Paudel, P Dogra, S Suman, S Acharya… - Case Reports in Critical …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug which is highly effective against a wide spectrum of
ventricular tachyarrhythmias making it irreplaceable in certain group of patients. We report …

[HTML][HTML] N-acetylcysteine treats intravenous amiodarone induced liver injury

ML Mudalel, KP Dave, JP Hummel… - World Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report a case of intravenous (IV) amiodarone drug induced liver injury (DILI). The patient
received IV N-acetylcysteine (NAC) which resulted in a rapid improvement in liver enzymes …

Fatal acute fulminant hepatic failure caused by parenteral amiodarone: A case report and review of the literature

BP Murphy, J Coldeway… - Scottish Medical …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Parenteral amiodarone is used frequently in acutely ill patients, but it can be associated with
hepatotoxicity. We present a case of fatal fulminant hepatic failure attributable to intravenous …

Amiodarone-induced liver dysfunctions

N Gassanov, E Caglayan, E Erdmann… - Deutsche Medizinische …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Amiodarone, a diiodinated benzofuran derivative, is widely used for treating ventricular and
supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Amiodarone is highly lipophilic and accumulation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Amiodarone-induced cirrhosis of liver: what predicts mortality?

N Hussain, A Bhattacharyya… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - hindawi.com
Introduction. Amiodarone has been used for more than 5 decades for the treatment of
various tachyarrhythmias and previously for the treatment of refractory angina. There are …

Rapidly fatal acute amiodarone hepatitis occurring in the context of multiple organ failure

RJ MacFadyen, TJ Palmer… - International …, 2003 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
Amiodarone remains the agent of choice for the 80 mmHg and clinical and radiological
evidence of management of atrial fibrillation in unstable patients fluid overload. He was …

Early-onset acute toxic hepatitis induced by intravenous amiodarone administration

G Sánchez, M la Mata García - Gastroenterología y hepatología, 2002 - europepmc.org
Amiodarone is a widely used and effective long-term antiarrhythmic drug but with known
adverse effects. Prolonged oral administration of this drug has been implicated in numerous …

Granular cells as a marker of early amiodarone hepatotoxicity

D Jain, CL Bowlus, JM Anderson… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Hepatotoxicity due to chronic amiodarone (AD) use is well described. However, hepatitis
occurring after acute administration of AD has only occasionally been reported and the …

Hyperacute drug-induced hepatitis with intravenous amiodarone: case report and review of the literature

M Nasser, TR Larsen, B Waanbah, I Sidiqi… - Drug, healthcare and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Amiodarone is a benzofuran class III antiarrhythmic drug used to treat a wide spectrum of
ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The parenteral formulation is prepared in polysorbate 80 …