Explaination: As previously stated, digoxin toxicity itself results in hyperkalemia, however hypokalemia significantly increases the risk for serious arrhythmias in the digoxin toxic patient. Digoxin ...

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Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among older adults. Digoxin has been shown to reduce hospitalization due to worsening HF. However, at the commonly prescribed dose of 0.25 mg ...

Andrew McLachlan is the Program Director for the NHMRC Centre for Resarch Excellence in Medicines and Ageing. He was an investigator on the PACE trial (ACTRN 12609000966291) which was an ...

Digoxin use among patients who are on hemodialysis (HD) may increase their risk of death, especially if they have low predialysis potassium levels, a study showed. HD patients who used digoxin had a ...

A man in his mid-60s with a history of diabetes, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and lung cancer is transported from home to the emergency department (ED) after he experienced 3 ...