Digoxin Toxicity Can Be Fatal
- Digoxin toxicity (or digoxin poisoning) may result in serious clinical
outcomes, including death.1-3 - In-hospital and 30-day mortality rates from digoxin toxicity remain high,
despite declining use of digoxin overall.1
In-hospital and 30-day mortality rates, 1999-20131
Percentage of patients from a national cohort of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years in the United States who were hospitalized with a diagnostic code for digoxin toxicity between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2013 (21,331 unique patients contributing 420,390,283 person-years).
Understanding Potentially Life-Threatening Digoxin Toxicity
See how digoxin can lead to potentially life-threatening toxicity and understand signs and symptoms to look for.