Background: Digoxin is extensively prescribed for cardiac diseases, so its chronic or acute toxicity commonly occur. Although digoxin specific antibodies (anti-digoxin Fab) are recommended to be used in patients with cardiac ...
Farzad Gheshlagh +7 more
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Interaction between Chinese medicine and digoxin: Clinical and research update
Background: Digoxin is one of the most widely and commonly used cardiac drug, which plays an irreplaceable role in treating heart failure and arrhythmia.
Wei Zhuang +6 more
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A 5 years assessment of patients with acute digoxin poisoning: A toxicoepidemiology study in Iran
Background: Digoxin poisoning leads to the development of cardiac and noncardiac complications. Digoxin immune fab is a safe and effective antidote, but clinical trials have not been performed in this regard, and most of the evidence is based on ...
Mitra Rahimi +3 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen +5 more
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Clinical signs and symptoms of toxic serum digoxin levels in neonates
Digoxin is widely used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and some arrhythmias. Digoxin toxicity may occur easily because digoxin has a narrow therapeutic index.
Mehmet Mutlu +4 more
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The Effects of Pregnenolone 16α-Carbonitrile Dosing on Digoxin Pharmacokinetics and Intestinal Absorption in the Rat [PDF]
The effect of Pgp induction in rats by pregnenolone 16α-carbonitrile (PCN) (3 days, 35 mg/kg/d, p.o.) on digoxin pharmacokinetics and intestinal transport has been assessed.
Anna-Lena Ungell +12 more
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Characterisation of the Na, K pump current in atrial cells from patients with and without chronic atrial fibrillation [PDF]
<b>Objective:</b> To assess the contribution of the Na, K pump current (<i>I</i><sub>p</sub>) to the action potential duration (APD) and effective refractory period (ERP) in human atrial cells, and to investigate ...
Kane, K.A., Rankin, A.C., Workman, A.J.
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‘Digoxin conundrum – Time for validation?’
Despite no incontrovertible data, Digoxin use has been demonised. As a consequence, a lot of patients, stable on Digoxin, have been taken off it and offered alternative drugs.
O.P. Yadava
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The effect of digoxin on renal function in patients with heart failure
Introduction Digoxin is used in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) who remain symptomatic despite optimal medical treatment. Impaired renal function is commonly associated with CHF.
Parin Shah +5 more
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Clinical consequences of a miscalibrated digoxin immunoassay [PDF]
A routine audit revealed that the analytical method used to measure digoxin concentrations by our statewide pathology provider in 2009 was underestimating digoxin concentrations by 10%. The assay was recalibrated by the manufacturer in 2010, but clinical
Clarke, David +5 more
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