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Acute liver failure with amiodarone infusion: A case report and systematic review.

P JaiswalB M AttarJ E YapK DevaniR JaiswalY WangR SzynkarekD PatelM Demetria
Published in: Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (2017)
This report emphasizes the importance of monitoring liver enzymes and mental status while a patient is being administered IV amiodarone. N-acetylcysteine administration may have possibly contributed to the early and successful recovery from ALF in our patient. To date, she is the only patient in the existing literature who has been reported to survive ALF secondary to amiodarone administration.
Keyphrases
  • liver failure
  • systematic review
  • case report
  • hepatitis b virus
  • mental health
  • low dose
  • drug induced
  • respiratory failure
  • aortic dissection