digitalis/구역질

In a prospective study on digitalis intoxication, low serum magnesium was found in 90 patients, while 388 patients had values above 1.5 mEq/l. Hypomagnesemia was more frequent in women than in men, in those with low body weight and in those with advanced heart failure. More patients with

Cardiac glycosides still belong to the most frequently prescribed drugs, although the usefulness of digitalization in patients with sinus rhythm has been repeatedly challenged. In elderly patients, especially, the objective hemodynamic improvement remains minimal and treatment can often be

A prospective clinical study of 66 geriatric in-patients mainly on digoxin treatment revealed digitalis intoxication in seven (11%). Over a two-month period another patient developed digoxin toxicity. The prevalences of anorexia, nausea and vomiting were significantly higher in patients with than

The administration of digitalis glycosides causes a variety of extracardiac effects. In both normal human subjects and in other species, digitalis increases smooth muscle tone of resistance and capacitance vessels. The vasoconstriction is mediated, in part, by a direct action of these glycosides on

In a review of the records of 81 patients with the discharge diagnosis of digitalis toxicity, I found a preponderance of very old patients, many of whom had anorexia, nausea, and prerenal azotemia. Arrhythmias were common (93%) and reflected enhanced automaticity, enhanced AV block, or both. Atrial

In 1148 cases the serum digoxin concentration (SDC) was correlated with the extracardiac signs of digitalis intoxication. There is a considerably overlap of SDC levels of patients with and without extracardiac signs of toxicity even though the mean SDC's of these two groups differ significantly. An

The paper deals with the course of the illness in a 66 years old male, who had taken an amount of 0.2 mg of medigoxin for an unknown period of time, because of chronic heart failure due to atherosclerotic heart disease and chronic atrial fibrillation. He have had a cholelithiasis also and reduced

Digitalis intoxication is among the most common serious adverse drug reactions in clinical medicine. While the recent development of a radioimmunoassay to accurately measure serum concentrations of digoxin has been of assistance, digitalis intoxication remains a difficult diagnosis to make with

A case report of severe digitalis poisoning in a patient with prosthetic heart valve is presented. He complained of nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, temporal disorientation and lethargy. The electrocardiogram showed idioventricular rhythm, and plasma levels of digoxin were 6.78 ng/ml. Predisposing

This study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of elderly patients diagnosed with digitalis intoxication, on the Emergency Department, University Hospital Complex, A Coruña, Spain. During the study period (January-September 2008) cases were included in which digitalis intoxication was

The non-fatal self-poisoning of a 36-year-old female patient, who ingested a concoction of foxglove (Digitalis Purpurea), is presented. On the admission, initial symptoms were nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and cardiovascular shock with sinus bradycardia. Blood and urine were assayed for 17

The authors report about a patient who was admitted after developing nausea, vomiting, change in vision and lethargy. She was on digoxin 250 mcg once daily among all her other medications in the wake of a recent stroke that was accompanied by atrial fibrillation (AF). Her digitalis levels shortly

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea L.) leaves are frequently confused with borage (Borago officinalis L.), which is traditionally used as a food ingredient. Due to the presence of the cardiac glycosides, mostly digitoxin, foxglove leaves are poisonous to human and may be fatal if ingested. A