Case report of amiodarone-associated allergic pneumonitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
© 2021 The Authors. Published by IMR Press..
Amiodarone is a common antiarrhythmic drug that is utilised in clinical practice and is associated with pulmonary toxicity. The most common form of pulmonary complication is interstitial pneumonitis which is treated with discontinuation of amiodarone and initiation of corticosteroids. Amiodarone-induced pulmonary eosinophilia is a rare complication of amiodarone therapy, with blood and pulmonary eosinophilia the predominant features. During the COVID-19 era, the incidence of delay in treatment of pulmonary pathology is also delayed due to the effort of excluding COVID-19 infection. Here we report a case of a 64-year-old man who developed eosinophilic pneumonia after initiation of amiodarone therapy, and the investigations required to exclude other forms of pulmonary toxicity. We also reviewed the effect of COVID-19 testing in the management of patients presenting with respiratory distress.
| Medienart: |
E-Artikel |
|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2021 |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: |
2021 |
| Enthalten in: |
Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22 |
|---|---|
| Enthalten in: |
Reviews in cardiovascular medicine - 22(2021), 1 vom: 30. März, Seite 181-184 |
| Sprache: |
Englisch |
|---|
| Beteiligte Personen: |
Azraai, Meor [VerfasserIn] |
|---|
| Links: |
|---|
| Themen: |
Amiodarone |
|---|
| Anmerkungen: |
Date Completed 20.04.2021 Date Revised 20.04.2021 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
|---|
| doi: |
10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.267 |
|---|
| funding: |
|
|---|---|
| Förderinstitution / Projekttitel: |
|
| PPN (Katalog-ID): |
NLM323478980 |
|---|
| LEADER | 01000naa a22002652 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | NLM323478980 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20231225184254.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 231225s2021 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.267 |2 doi | |
| 028 | 5 | 2 | |a pubmed24n1078.xml |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)NLM323478980 | ||
| 035 | |a (NLM)33792260 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rakwb | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Azraai, Meor |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Case report of amiodarone-associated allergic pneumonitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2021 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a ƒaComputermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a ƒa Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Date Completed 20.04.2021 | ||
| 500 | |a Date Revised 20.04.2021 | ||
| 500 | |a published: Print | ||
| 500 | |a Citation Status MEDLINE | ||
| 520 | |a © 2021 The Authors. Published by IMR Press. | ||
| 520 | |a Amiodarone is a common antiarrhythmic drug that is utilised in clinical practice and is associated with pulmonary toxicity. The most common form of pulmonary complication is interstitial pneumonitis which is treated with discontinuation of amiodarone and initiation of corticosteroids. Amiodarone-induced pulmonary eosinophilia is a rare complication of amiodarone therapy, with blood and pulmonary eosinophilia the predominant features. During the COVID-19 era, the incidence of delay in treatment of pulmonary pathology is also delayed due to the effort of excluding COVID-19 infection. Here we report a case of a 64-year-old man who developed eosinophilic pneumonia after initiation of amiodarone therapy, and the investigations required to exclude other forms of pulmonary toxicity. We also reviewed the effect of COVID-19 testing in the management of patients presenting with respiratory distress | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Case Reports | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Journal Article | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Amiodarone | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity | |
| 650 | 4 | |a COVID-19 | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Corticosteroids | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Pulmonary eosinophilia | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Anti-Arrhythmia Agents |2 NLM | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Amiodarone |2 NLM | |
| 650 | 7 | |a N3RQ532IUT |2 NLM | |
| 700 | 1 | |a McMahon, Marcus |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Dick, Ronald |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Reviews in cardiovascular medicine |d 2000 |g 22(2021), 1 vom: 30. März, Seite 181-184 |w (DE-627)NLM122256573 |x 1530-6550 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:22 |g year:2021 |g number:1 |g day:30 |g month:03 |g pages:181-184 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u http://dx.doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.267 |3 Volltext |
| 912 | |a GBV_USEFLAG_A | ||
| 912 | |a GBV_NLM | ||
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| 952 | |d 22 |j 2021 |e 1 |b 30 |c 03 |h 181-184 | ||