Fatal haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema and associated angioedema after the ingestion of rofecoxib.
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Angioedema is a recognised side effect of rofecoxib, a cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor. But death resulting from a haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema after its ingestion has not been recorded. The case of a 60 year old man who died from haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema in the presence of angioedema after the ingestion of two doses of 12.5 mg of rofecoxib is reported.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 78 921 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002