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Digoxin is one of the inotropic agents commonly used to improve cardiac performance in patients with congestive heart failure and to control ventricular response in atrial fibrillation and other supraventricular tachycardias. Bisacodyl (dulcolax), a stimulant laxative, is also commonly prescribed to
A 76-year-old female, with medical history significant for systolic congestive heart failure, who presented to the emergency department with lethargy and abdominal pain with diarrhea for the past 3 weeks. Due to hypotension, the patient received multiple boluses of isotonic saline and was started on
Digoxin monitoring was examined according to 13 criteria in two nursing homes: 1) an intermediate care facility (ICF) with private physicians, and 2) a skilled care (SCF) plus ICF with 3 housestaff physicians from a identify all patients receiving digoxin, 2) evaluate dosage patterns, 3) evaluate
A 57-year-old female patient with known cardiac disease developed a 4 to 6 week history of diarrhea, followed by onset of orthopnea and subsequent right-sided cardiac failure. On hospital admission she was found to have pure tricuspid regurgitation, without evidence of cardiac ischemia, pulmonary
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present study is to show a better short-term (2 weeks) clinical improvement in patients with heart failure (HF) who are receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) (with or without digoxin) when compared to the standard therapy excluding ACEIs.
METHODS
The
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of malabsorption of digoxin from tablets, gel caps, and elixir in a patient with an end jejunostomy.
METHODS
A 69-year-old man with 18 cm of functioning jejunum following a surgical end jejunostomy was receiving oral digoxin. The patient presented on referral for short
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of digoxin toxicity thought to be secondary to clarithromycin therapy.
METHODS
A 78-year-old white woman with congestive heart failure taking digoxin 0.25 mg po qd presented to our hospital with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She had taken clarithromycin 500 mg po bid for
To report the case of a patient who presented with chronic symptoms attributable to dronedarone-induced digoxin toxicity. A review of the literature is also provided.
This case report details a case of a 77-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital with multiple ambiguous symptoms that
A species of hawthorn, Crataegus mexicana (tejocote), has been marketed as a weight-loss supplement that is readily available for purchase online. While several hawthorn species have shown clinical benefit in the treatment of heart failure owing to their positive inotropic effects, This is the first prospective study of a combination therapy involving a cardenolide and a MEK inhibitor for metastatic melanoma. Whereas BRAF mutant melanomas can exhibit profound responses to treatment with BRAF and MEK inhibitors, there are fewer options for BRAF wild-type melanomas. In
A 38-year-old healthy male presented with vomiting and profuse diarrhea, associated with blurry and yellow coloration of the vision (xanthopsia). Laboratory workup was unremarkable, except for hyperkalemia (K 5.2 mEq/L) and mildly elevated troponin level 0.11 ng/mL (cut-off value 0.08). An
Unless renal function is impaired or rhabdomyolysis is severe, hyperkalemia is a relatively uncommon metabolic complication of poisoning. In contrast, marked hypokalemia is a more common problem and may have serious sequelae. Most potassium disturbances in acute poisoning are due to disruption of
BACKGROUND
Carcinoid tumors are rare, most commonly originating from the neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Carcinoid syndrome is characterized by flushing, diarrhea, and bronchospasm. Half of these patients have carcinoid heart disease, affecting the right side of the heart,
Although quinidine has been widely used since the beginning of the century, quinidine-induced hepatotoxicity has been recently reported in the literature. We describe a reversible case of quinidine-induced hepatotoxicity. A 62-y-old male with a past medical history of atrial flutter and adult onset