Journal of Clinical Toxicology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0495
ISSN: 2161-0495
Ahmed Refat Ragab
Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine,
Egypt
Research Article
Clinical Utility of Serum Digoxin Level in Cardiac Patients for Diagnosis of Chronic Digitalis Toxicity
Author(s): Ahmed Refat Ragab, Maha Khalid Al-Mazroua and Rania Hamed Abdel-RahmanAhmed Refat Ragab, Maha Khalid Al-Mazroua and Rania Hamed Abdel-Rahman
Digitalis toxicity is a complication of the digitalis therapy. It could occur also due to the patient taking in a much larger dose of the drug than prescribed. The general symptoms of Digitalis toxicity are typically gastro-intestinal, neurologic and non-specific cardiac type manifestations that are strikingly similar to the clinical picture of primary Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) making a diagnosis of chronic digitalis toxicity in particular relatively difficult. Serum digoxin measurement is today becoming a crucial subject of concern because of the narrow therapeutic window of digoxin besides increasing mortality and morbidity due to its intoxication. The present work is focused on evaluating the clinical value of Serum Digoxin Concentrations (SDCs) in relation to appropriate assessment of chronic digitalis toxicity in cardiac patients. The current study was conducted in the form .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0495.1000150